Binks' Sake

Binks' Sake is a song that was commonly sung amongst the pirates of old. The song is meant to lift 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 had also heard of this song, having listened to it when she was a young girl.

The song was also Yorki's favorite song as well as Laboon's. When the Rumbar Pirates met their end fifty years ago, they decided to use a Tone Dial they had purchased from a merchant to use their final moments to record Bink's Sake 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, in a major key, it can be a jolly party song that everyone can sing, but when it is being played on a violin (Brook's main instrument) in a minor key it can be viewed as a ballad, a farewell song, or as a requiem.

Lyrics
The full lyrics as of chapter 488:

Viz Media Version
Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo, Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo, Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo, Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo,

Gather up all the crew!

Time to ship out Bink's brew!

Sea wind blows to where,

Who knows?

The waves will be our guide!

O'er across the ocean's tide,

The sunset is goin' wild,

See the sky! The birds singing in circles passing by!

Bid farewell to weaver's town!

Say so long to port renowned!

Sing a song, it won't be long, before we're casting off!

Cross the gold and silver waves

Changin' into water sprays!

Sailing out on our journey,

To the ends of the sea!

Gather up all the crew!

Time to ship out Bink's brew!

Pirates we, we'll divide and conquer all the seas!

With the waves to rest our heads,

The ship beneath us as our bed!

Hoisted high up on the mast our jolly roger flies!

Somewhere in the endless sky,

A storm has started comin' by!

Waves are dancing, having fun,

Time to sound the drums!

If we let blow winds of fear, then the end of us is near!

Even so, tomor-row the sun will rise again!

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Gather up all the crew!

Time to ship out Bink's brew!

Could be today, could be tomorrow,

Twilight dreaming.

No longer now can we see, shadow hands still waving free

Why worry, there's sure to be a moonlit night again!

Gather up all the crew!

Time to ship out Bink's brew!

Sing a song, a lively song,

For all the oceans wide!

After all is said and done,

We all end up skeletons!

Endless, aimless, the story on the uproarious seas!

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho.

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 to make Thriller Bark "in a year or so" and be shown then. 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.

Kōhei Tanaka, the composer who﻿ first designed and wrote this song, was asked about this in an interview, and he said that he tried to make it both lighthearted and sad at the same time.

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