Howell Davis conquered by charm, not cannon -- flying friendly colours, talking his way aboard, and robbing with a bow rather than a shot. Off Anomabu in 1719 he press-ganged a quiet navigator named Bartholomew Roberts, accidentally making Black Bart, before a Portuguese governor returned the con and ambushed him.
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Style
A rowdy sea shanty fused with hard rock, driving 4/4 at ~138 BPM, a warm Welsh-accented baritone shantyman answered by a huge half-drunk gang-vocal crew over concertina, bodhran and boot-stomp claps, building into distorted power chords and roaring full-crew choruses with a stripped half-time bridge.