Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate

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Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
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Studio album / Story albumby
Released10 August 1993 (1993-08-10)
Recorded1993
StudioEdward Brothers Studios, Randwick [1]
Genre Children's music
Length22:42
Label ABC
Producer The Wiggles
The Wiggles chronology
Here Comes a Song
(1992)
Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
(1993)
Yummy Yummy
(1994)

Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate is The Wiggles' third album, released in 1993. This album is about The Wiggles meeting and going on an adventure with Captain Feathersword and his pirate mates to find a treasure chest that he buried on an island years ago, and after that they celebrate his birthday.

Contents

Plot

The Wiggles get to meet Captain Feathersword and his pirate mates as when they all go on adventure to find treasure. First of all, they have to go through a huge storm as when they go across the ocean. After the storm, they arrived safe on the island. Then they began to look for the treasure around the island for the treasure that Captain Feathersword buried years ago. When they dogged and found the treasure, they all noticed that they found baked beans. Captain Feathersword remembered that he buried baked beans for them to eat. As when they left the island, it was also Captain Feathersword's birthday and the pirate mates were playing a trick on the Captain. Little while later, they gave the Captain a surprise as when he entered the room and he said that it was the best birthday that he ever had and then the pirate mates sing a birthday song to him.

Track listing

All stories and songs composed and written by the Wiggles - J. Fatt, A. Field, M. Cook, G. Page

No.TitleLength
1."Story: Meet Captain Feathersword And His Friends
Song: Captain Feathersword"
3:33
2."Story: The Storm
Songs:
(a) Wind, Rain And The Sea
(b) Our Boat Is Rocking On The Sea"
5:51
3."Story: Captain Feathersword's Buried Treasure
Song: Treasure Chest"
7:07
4."Story: The Day Penelope, Raj And Imran Surprised Captain Feathersword
Songs:
(a) We're Playing A Trick On The Captain
(b) Have A Happy Birthday"
6:14

Personnel

Per booklet.

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References

  1. Wiggles (Musical group) (1993), The Wiggles presents stories and songs the adventures of Captain Feathersword, the friendly pirate, ABC Music, retrieved 16 August 2015