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Pirates

Avast me hearties, the pirate cried

We’ll take this ship, the Spaniards pride

Give no mercy, give no quarter

Not to the Captain or his daughter

Board the ship and at our leisure

Kill the crew and find the treasure.
 

Then to Tortuga set our course

With no regrets and no remorse

Once in port we’ll give ’em hell

And one day soon they’re bound to tell

Of the sailors who were brave and bold

Took the ship and the Spanish gold.
 

So belay there lads lets get things started

This aint no trade for those faint hearted

Load your pistols grab your cutlass

We’ll show the Spaniards we aint gutless

Splice the main brace, mind that beam

Oh ! Bugger me, its just a dream

— shazbat, Dec 23, 2008

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Region, Country: Norfolk, UK, GBR

Favorite Poets: Kipling, T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan and many more.

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Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 5 months ago

I knight thee, Sir Shazbat

I knight thee, Sir Shazbat of the Enjoyable Ice Cream... er i meant Pirate of Shazbat... er i meant...anything you write...is a gold doubloon. ~A "Speech is blasphemy. Silence a lie. Above speech and silence is a way out." I-tuan.
Robert Melliard

Robert Melliard

17 years 5 months ago

Hi shazbat

I used to think Sir Francis Drake was a national hero until I came to Spain, but here everyone sees him as a cruel pirate who stole hard-earned Spanish gold. I tell them that they had previously robbed the ridiculously expensive stuff from South American or Mexican Indians (melting down beautiful works of art in the process) but I guess two wrongs don't make a right. Your pirate poem has a hearty swing to it. Arrrgh! Best Wishes, Robert.
shazbat

shazbat

17 years 5 months ago

Robert, I googled my name

Robert, I googled my name and came up with several mentions of my namesake as a pirate, all agreed that he sailed with Blackbeard and then had his own command. Some say he was hanged at Tyburn, and others that he was killed by Blackbeard himself. Drake and his kind were licensed by the Queen to carry out act of piracy mainly on the Spanish Fleet and I dare say the Spaniards had a similar policy too. Thanks for reading Regards John