The Bilge Pumps perform at the West India Dock, home of the Texas Seaport Museum, where the tallship Elissa is anchored

Who let the pirates out? Marching along in the Queen's Parade behind the Army, comes a bunch of former Navy boys with an attitude

Natty the Navigator and Danika the Quartermaster wait around with the rest of us for the Queen's Parade to begin.

Our friend Holly and Siren the Rigger also mill around, dodging the horse droppings. Notice how Siren went all Victorian on us for a day?

E, Siren, Maroon, and Squeegy pose for one shot before they dive into the away boat and hope to steal aboard the Elissa

Squeegy tries to cover up the fact, he's just broke another string on his 12 string guitar.

After all the whining E did about not having a picture of him on the Elissa when the rest of us did, we decided to throw him a bone. 'Course, he's big, so we did it very nicely.

It's dance time as we Roll the Woodpile Down at the Covent Garden Stage, where The Bilge Pumps performed to their biggest crowds of the year.

This is how the damned drunken captain of the Exxon tanker looked before he cracked open his beer... I mean ship.

The grand lady Elissa. For once, we finally got to hang out on her in decent weather.

Time to wrap up the show with "Beggarman". Notice how Phil method acts the part by collecting tips from the crowd?

Nighttime comes pretty early in December, but that doesn't stop us. Bring on the lights! Christmas lights, that is.

Even Santa Claus came out to watch The Bilge Pumps in action. What a nice gesture!

Of course, he should have known better. har har!