By the way, as Alex Caliostro pointed out, today is International Talk Like
A Pirate Day (ITLAPD). Happy ITLAPD! Things like this bring us together.
Here is a heartwarming ditty written expressly for the occasion:
http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/otherwaves/itlapd/itlapdshanty.html
QUOTE:
In honaaaar of ITLAPD, we at Radio London felt it was time to write our own
pirate shanty.
(To the tune of 'My Favourite Things')
Cutlasses, peg-legs an' all sorts of riggin'
Plunder and pillage and treasure for diggin'
Biscuits with weevils and jellyfish stings,
These arr a few o' my favourite things.
Huge jolly rogers an' salty sea breezes
Feedin' the sharks with yer enemy's kneesies
Populaar shanties wot pirate guys sings,
These arr a few o' my favourite things.
Big 'andsome wenches with bosoms like boulders
Bad-tempered parrots wot crap on yer shoulders
Stuffin' me guts wi' fried albatross wings,
These arr a few o' my favourite things.
When the shark bites
When the mast snaps
When I've drunk me pay,
I simply remembaarr to talk like a pirate
And everythin' goes OK!
Lyrics copyright Mary Payne 2005, wi' apologies ta Rodgers
and Hammerstein, and Julie Andrews
