Re: Well blow me down!
Magic? Bahahaha! Yer eyes don't know the difference between a doubloon and a spyglass!<br /><br /><br />Hmm, Me thinks it's time for a sea shanty<br /><br />Hey don't yer see that black cloud a-risin'?<br />'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe!<br />Hey don't yer see that black cloud a-risin'?<br />'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe!<br /><br />Naow whin Oi wuz a little boy an' so me mother told me,<br />'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe!<br />That if Oi didn't kiss the gals me lips would all grow mouldy.<br />'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe!<br /><br />An' Oi sailed the seas for many a year not knowin' what Oi wuz missin',<br />Then Oi sets me sails afore the gales an' started in a-kissin'.<br /><br />Naow first Oi got a Spanish gal an' she wuz fat an' lazy,<br />An' then Oi got a [Negro] tart-she nearly druv me crazy.<br /><br />Oi found meself a Yankee gal an' sure she wasn't civil,<br />So Oi stuck a plaster on her back an' set her to the Divil.<br /><br />Sheepskin, pitch, an' beeswax, they make a bully plaster;<br />The more she tried ter git it off it only stuck the faster.<br /><br />Then Oi got meself an Oirish gal an' her name wuz Flannigan,<br />She stole me boots, she stole me clothes, she pinched me plate an' pannikin.<br /><br />Oi courted then a Frenchie gal, she took things free an' aisy,<br />But naow Oi've got an English gal an' sure she is a daisy.<br /><br />So list while Oi sing ter yer about me darlin' Nancy,<br />She's copper-bottomed, clipper-built, she's jist me style an' fancy.<br /><br />Ye may talk about yer Yankee gals an' round-the-corner-Sallies,<br />But they couldn't make the grade, me bhoys, wid the gals from down our alley.<br /><br />We sailed away for the China Seas, our bhoys so neat an' handy,<br />The Ould Man in his cab'n, bhoys, a-drinkin' rum an' brandy.<br /><br />We loaded for the homeward run, all hands so free an' aisy,<br />And in his galley sat the doc, a-makin' plum-duff graisy.<br /><br />We squared our yards an' away we rolled, with the fiddles playin' handy,<br />Wid a roll 'n' go, an' a westward ho, an' a Yankee Doodle Dandy.<br /><br />Oh, King Louis wuz the King o' France, afore the revolution,<br />But the people cut his big head orf an' spoiled his constitution.<br /><br />Then they sent the King away ter sea, to larn him how ter swim,<br />They sent him wid a Bluenose mate who put a squarehead on him.<br /><br />Oh, once Oi wuz in Oireland a-diggin' turf an' taties,<br />But naow Oi'm on a Limejuice ship an' a-haulin' on the braces.<br /><br />Saint Patrick wuz a gintleman, an' he come of daycent paypul,<br />He built a church in Dublin town an' on it set a staypul.<br /><br />From Oireland thin he druv the snakes, then drank up all the whisky,<br />This made him dance an' sing an' jig, he felt so fine an' frisky.<br /><br />He held High Mass for forty days before he blessed the staypul,<br />He held High Mass, 'twas a sorry pass, but he couldn't fool the paypul.<br /><br />Yiz call yerself a second mate an' cannot tie a bowline,<br />Ye cannot even stand up straight when the packet she's a-rollin'.
