A fun, high-energy tribute song to 18th Century British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer Captain James Cook (1728-1779) and his loving wife, Elizabeth Batts Cook (1742- 1835). Written and produced by Strike Writer. Among Cook’s many discoveries was the long-fabled Terra Australis (Australia), New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, New Caledonia, South Sandwich Islands, Norfolk Island, parts of the Cook Islands, and many more places not previously charted. Cook was killed in a confrontation with native Hawaiians at Kealakekua Bay on 14 February 1779. Cook’s Coat of Arms carries the Latin phrases Circa Orbem (Around the globe) and Nil Intentatum Reliquit (He left nothing unattempted).
Released 15 August 2026
Copyright 2026, all rights reserved.
Listen on Suno: https://suno.com/s/mtX4ECUr5xtVRSGr
Audio release on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jiKnurMr61E?si=trXh3uQoTLYJd8Z8
Credit for derivative works:
- James Cook Plaque, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii (Wiki Commons)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Jack Sparrow’s Cannibal Escape (Parody)
- Cook’s map of New Zealand, 1773 (Government of New Zealand, Creative Commons)
- Māori waka taua (war canoe) drawn by Herman Spöring on Cook’s first voyage to New Zealand in 1769 (Public Domain)
- Double Hemisphere World Map, titled Haemisphaeriorum Tabula Carthesiana, by Peter Schenk the Elder, circa 1700 (Public Domain)
- Landing of Lieutenant James Cook at Botany Bay, 29 April 1770, painting by Emanuel Phillips Fox, circa 1902 (Public Domain)
- HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland during Cook’s voyage of discovery 1768-1771, painting by Samuel Atkins (1787-1808) (Public Domain)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Captain Jack Sparrow’s Bone Throne on Isla de Pelegostos (Parody)
- The Death of Captain Cook by John Webber and engravers Francesco Bartolozzi and William Byrne, circa 1784, Australia National Portrait Gallery (Public Domain)
- Venus Transit Across the Sun in 2014, NASA (Public Domain)
- The Death of Captain James Cook, oil painting by Johan Zoffany, circa 1795, National Maritime Museum, London (Public Domain)
- Star Trek, USS Endeavour 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet (Parody)
- Queen Elizabeth-class Aircraft Carrier, UK Ministry of Defence (Crown Copyright, Parody)
- Captain James Cook departed from Plymouth on the HMS Endeavour in 1768 (Public Domain)
- Portrait of James Cook, painting by Nathaniel Dance-Holland circa 1775, London’s National Maritime Museum (Public Domain)
- Elizabeth Batts Cook, oil painting circa 1830, State Library of New South Wales (Public Domain)
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[Intro]
From the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the distant Isles
Captain James Cook racks up the nautical miles
Not a river boat man I need a ship to sail
Come squall come gale come ice or hail
Oh…. oh, come ice or hail
[Pre Chorus]
The water’s just right, let’s dance tonight
The rhythm guides me like a stars so bright…
From New Found Land to Botany Bay
This captain always finds his way
At sea…
[Chorus]
Lizzy my darling I’m off again
I may be back but I don’t know when
Stranger tides are calling my name
The charted world is fine but it’s all the same
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[Bridge]
I leave nothing unattempted as I circle the globe
I’ll never know what I don’t KNOW!
So plot a new course to a distant place
We’ll step onto the beach like an alien race
[Verse]
The savage seas try to trim my sail
But I’m here to dance, and tell my tail
I’m charting a course like in seventy one
I’m here to party, I’m here to have fun
[Pre Chorus]
The cannon shot is like a siren’s call
This land’s too sturdy for me
I plant my flag on foreign lands
I’ll conquer every sea
Give me one more dance, just give me a chance
I need one more journey please!
[Chorus]
Lizzy my darling I’m off again
I may be back but I don’t know when
Stranger tides are calling my name
The charted world is fine but it’s all the same
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[Bridge]
I leave nothing unattempted as I circle the globe
I’ll never know what I don’t know
So plot a new course to a distant place
We’ll step onto the sand like an alien race
[Outro]
I’ve seen Venus transit the Sun
From all I’ve seen you’re still number one
I’ll meet my fate on a distant strait
Please save this last dance
For me…
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I leave nothing unattempted as I circle the globe
I’ll never know what I don’t know
Stranger tides are calling my name
The charted world is fine but it’s all the same
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