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A Pirate Drinking Song

A Pirate Drinking Song

Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of rum
Pirates sing to the pipe and drum
North wind blows with a Gale's horn
Snapping the canvas with a deafening mourn

Battles are fought, plunder is sought
To ports abound, it is Rum that is bought

We ride the waves seeking adventure and plunder
It is Neptune’s wrath we curse, by thunder
The sea, she bares a woman’s desire
To set each sailors heart a fire

Battles are fought, plunder is sought
To ports abound, it is Rum that is bought

Canon and cutlass, powder and gun
We cut down are foes, one by one
To Davy Jones locker our souls will sleep
A funeral of apathy in the briny deep

Battles are fought, plunder is sought
To ports abound, it is Rum that is bought

With a hardy crew and an open sea
It’s a pirating life I want for me
Till then we will sing of the scallywag scum
Yo-Ho-Ho, Another bottle of Rum

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Karam Misra

Date: 4/26/2016 8:39:00 AM

Brian, this is one great piece of the Buccaneers and their love for the tot of grog! You brought the good ole times of sailing before the Mast. Almost mentally raised the Jolly Roger myself. Reminded me of my fantastic imaginary forays on sea voyages with the scallywag bunch on the Carribean! I could go on ...... thank you for the lovely poem and making me feel young again .... I must down to the seas again, but this time in my mind, I guess!

Andy Morfett

Date: 4/21/2016 3:31:00 PM

I'd not come across this one before, Brian. It is, of course, another little gem :-) I really do like your work, especially your quirky sense of fun and the humour you impart through your upbeat rhymes. Good stuff my friend!

Brian Cecil
Date: 4/21/2016 3:50:00 PM

As always Thanks Andy. If yo think my rhymes are funny you should check out my published kids book on Amazon. It's the Jach Vine one Called Jack And The Giant. Can you figure out who Jack is? lol

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/10/2015 9:46:00 PM

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