The Word (song) middle eight by himself. Samples from this song are also included on "Love" released in November 2006, in the track "Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing". John Lennon gave Yoko Ono the original sheets to the song just before their relationship began. Paul McCartney has played a medley version of "The Word"/"All You Need Is Love" on his On the Run Tour. The Word (song) "The Word" is a song by English rock group the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded with Lennon on lead vocals. It was first released on their 1965 album "Rubber Soul".
French corsairs of the French Crown, if captured by the enemy, they could in principle claim treatment as prisoners of war, instead of being considered pirates. Because corsairs gained a swashbuckling reputation, the word "corsair" is also used generically as a more romantic or flamboyant way of referring to privateers, or even to pirates. The Barbary pirates of North Africa as well as the Ottoman Empire were sometimes called "Turkish corsairs". The word "corsair" comes directly from the French word "corsaire", itself borrowed from the Italian "corsaro". This derives from the Latin "cursus", meaning "course" (as in journey or expedition). The French