The ship of the dreaded French pirate Orange Marmalade is anchored just outside New Orleans. The fearful townspeople stay behind locked doors, and business is slow at the Sugar Cane Saloon.
Soon, however, that dastardly villain Devil-Dog-Do-Wrong and his female companions Cherries Jubilee and the Pitt sisters arrive, hoping to join forces with Marmalade. What follows is a series of chases, songs, disguises and merriment.