Come with me to the sea, to the sea
Have shipwrecks, find Mermaids
ask Pirates to tea.
or maybe listen to The Yarn of the Nancy Bell
as told to you, as you look at the lovely pictures.
The Yarn of the Nancy Bell
'Twas on the shores that round our coast
From Deal to Ramsgate span,
That I found alone on a piece of stone
An elderly naval man.
His hair was weedy, his beard was long,
And weedy and long was he,
And I heard this wight on the shore recite,
In a singular minor key:
"Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig."
And he shook his fists and he tore his hair,
Till I really felt afraid,
For I couldn't help thinking this man had been drinking,
And so I simply said:
"Oh, elderly man, it's little I know
Of the duties of men of the sea,
And I'll eat my hand if I understand
However you can possibly be
'At once a cook, and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig."
Then he gave a hitch to his trousers, which
Is a trick all seamen learn,
And having got rid of a thumping quid,
He spun this painful yarn:
1 comment:
This truly is one of the best video's I have placed on any of the websites. Truly brilliant and so terribly funny.
It is on the Jody's Treasure Chest. Inside one of the Video playlist. both the Poem and the Reading of it by a very comical family , a poem they have set to a home made puppet show. You tube to thank for it of course. Wonderful.
of course it is in Diddilydeedot's Dreamland, but I am quite sure I have by now put it in many other places.
Hugs and loves Diddilydeedot. xxx
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