Binks' Sake

Binks' Sake (ビンクスの酒 Binkusu no Sake, Binks's Brew in the Viz Manga and FUNimation subs) is a song that was commonly sung amongst the pirates of old. The song is meant to uplift the spirits of those who sing it. Being a pirate of the old days, Brook knows this song quite well and sings it most chances he is given and he was the first person to sing the lyrics of the song. Luffy knows this song from hearing Shanks and his crew singing it. Robin has also heard of this song, listening to it when she was a younger girl.

The song was also Yorki's favourite song as well as Laboon's. When the Rumbar Pirates met their end 50 years ago, they decided to use a Tone Dial they had purchased from a merchant to use their final moments to record this song for Laboon.

It is shown that this song can be played in a variety of ways on different instruments for example when it is played on a piano it can be a jolly party song that everyone can join in and sing, but when it is being played on a violin (Brook's main instrument) it can be viewed as a ballad or a farewell song at funerals.

Lyrics
The full lyrics as of Chapter 488:

Original Version
Before Chapter 488, parts of this song appeared but due to the nature of how they appeared the song had many loose parts.

English version
Go and deliver Binks' Sake

Entrust your heart to the waves and sea breeze

Even the setting sun revels beyond the tides

And in the sky, the song of laughing birds

Rōmaji version
Binkusu no sake o todoke ni yuku yo

Umi kaze ki makase nami makase

Shio no mukou de yuhi mo sawagu

Sora nya wa o kaku tori no uta

Early One Piece
Even when Brook first showed up, the song was complete. Oda thought of the lyrics first and wanted to add the melody later but he just couldn't do it, and didn't want the song to sound bad when it would eventually be featured in the anime. So he went to get the melody written first by Kouhei Tanaka, a big name in the anime music field. He intended it to be shown when Laboon was shown. However, like many things in One Piece, it ended up being seen 4 or 5 years later. Oda also intended it to be a sailing song that could be included in text books but because it contains the word 'sake' it is impossible.

Trivia
- There is a skelleton like creature in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga named bink. He originally worked on a pirate ship as a barrel shifter. (Sake is sometimes stored and brewed in barrels).

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