Of all the pirates on the sea the worst of them was Blackbeard...

...so damnable a fiend from hell he was the one they most feared...

Whatever happened to the art of whistling in pop music? It's a dying art and no mistake.
Difficult to pull off live, I should imagine, without looking a little silly.
I suppose Peter, Björn and Alphons or whatever they call themselves had a stab at it but it's not like the old days is it? Adam and the Ants' "Jolly Roger", Bryan Ferry's version of "Jealous Guy" etc.,
I like a good whistle. And a nice pirate. And indeed a good beard.