To the High Seas!



To the high seas, and sweet island breeze.
Sails raised, and the course plot,
to adventure, with this motley lot.
Pirates, drunkards, all kinds of sleaze.

We're out for fortune and glory,
gold, silver, spices and rum!
We sing our songs, work while we hum.
Listen to the rest of our story.

From the Royal Navy we hide
and prey upon merchants unaware.
We fight, and drink, plunder without care.
And brag of the women who we left aside.

Tales of woe, and ghosts be told
Mermaids of beauty, and monsters a plenty.
Your share is ten, but mine is twenty!
Climb the crow's nest, stand tall and bold.

For we are pirates of the mighty sea.
And should we be caught,
It shall be all for naught,
‘tis the hangman's noose for me!
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Submitted on November 05, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CDDC EFFE GCCG CBXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 699
Words 134
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Tim Murray

I was born in Nurenberg, Germany. Both of my parents are American, and I am greatful to be an American. I was born with glaucoma, and have had problems with my vision my entire life. Yet I still played baseball and was involved in boyscouts and martial arts as a boy. In my teens, I battled with drugs, and alchohol and (like everyone else,) a less than perfect upbringing. At 16 I dropped out of highschool, but now have a college degree. I've been through a lot, and these experiences have made me more empathetic to those around me, because in some way or another, I have suffered a similar experience myself. I cannot beleave the life I live now. I am a Christ follower (although I am far from perfect, and I am repulsed by my own sins.) Married for 14 years this December, with one daughter. Its been a wild ride, and it will likely continue to be so... more…

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