what does 15 wounds on a dead mans chestactually mean?

Question

It's from a song

Yes, Soelle is right, sorry all and thanks Sorelle, it's way too early here. It's 15 men on a dead mans chest

Answer 1

I believe it is "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest" and refers to the large number of people looking for the treasure buried in a chest by a man who is now dead and cannot tell them where it is.

Answer 2

It's 15 men on a dead man's chest (treasure box)
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

from the book Treasure Island, by Rober Louis Stephenson

Answer 3

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.
Drink and the devil have done for the rest.
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum.
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
The bosun brained with a marlinspike
And cookey's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers ten;
And there they lay, all good dead men
Like break o'day in a boozing ken
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
The skipper lay with his nob in gore
Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore
And the scullion he was stabbed times four
And there they lay, and the soggy skies
Dripped down in up-staring eyes
In murk sunset and foul sunrise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Ten of the crew had the murder mark!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
Looking up at paradise
All souls bound just contrawise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men of 'em good and true
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
And they lay there that took the plum
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

More was seen through a sternlight screen
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Chartings undoubt where a woman had been
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot
With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot
And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot
Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid
That dared the knife and took the blade
By God! she had stuff for a plucky jade
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight
With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight
And we heaved 'em over and out of sight,
With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well
And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell
Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Answer 4

I think it's 15 men on a dead man's chest... and not his physical chest, but chest as treasure chest or trunk.

what exactly it means, I'm not sure.

Answer 5

sounds as if there was a little sword fighting action happening before he bit it, so to speak.... and they were under the influence of rum, if i do recall correctly.....drunk pirates fighting with knives and swords probably can do a little damage, you think??
show me an inebriated pirate welding a sharp weapon.....and i'll be on my way to far away, thank you!!

Answer 6

Usually it means he was stabbed to death, or he was killed by blunt force strong enough to break the skin. Check for lacerations and abrasions.

Answer 7

someone stabbed or shot him 15 times?

Answer 8

That he is dead and his death was due to bitter pain.

Answer 9

LOTS OF STUFF THERE IS 4 DIFFERENT ANSWERS

Answer 10

i really don't know