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Sea Shanty

from Ghost Year by Toby Darling

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Sea Shanty

We left Rangoon with a full load of teak
Bound for Ceylon and Mozambique
The pirates chased us ‘cross the Indian Ocean
Till they hove us to and shot our bosun

Walk the plank with your head held high
With the sharks below and the moon in the sky
You may be a seaman but you won’t be able
Soon you’ll be dining at Davy Jones’ table

They stole our rum, they ate our pork
And they didn’t use no knife and fork
To our mast they nailed Jolly Roger’s skull
Laughing like mad Herring Gulls

They asked us kindly to take a stroll
Along a path by a big fish bowl
Big eyes looked up and big teeth said Ahoy
The entree was the cabin boy

The cook was next, a-wailin’ and moaning
He said he weren’t ready his life for disowning
We ‘oped them ‘ammerheads ‘ad’ ’ad their fill
But they wanted Captain to dance the Quadrille

We hoped the navy would save us from harm
And hang those buckos from a long yard arm
Those scurvy dogs they did hornswaggle
Us out of our ship and left us in shackles

Farewell me hearties I’m off to swim
With Neptune, mermaids and Lucky Jim
Avast ye shipmates, bid me fair weather
Wearing a necklace of seaweed and gone forever

TJD 14/1/21

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from Ghost Year, released June 27, 2021

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