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The Irate PirateI shout all day: "Shiver me timbers. Get out of me way!" I'll knock yer blocks off. I'll run you through! Have you walk the plank. And make shark bait out of you. I'm rude and reckless. I shout and scream. I'm the nastiest sea-dog You've ever seen. So you best let me be Or I'll cut your throat, Leave you on a desert isle And sink yer boat. Many a landlubber Wants to know why I'm irate and angry all the time. Many there be that sail up to me Asks me to tell 'em Why I'm so mean. I say, "Yo Ho Ho!" Spit in the dirt, Swallow some rum, Wipe me mouth on me shirt. Then I look out to sea With me one good eye, Draw a long, deep breath And heave a salty sigh. You know, it ain't easy Sailing the seven seas. I get sick to me stomach Weak in the knees. It's hot all day, And at night I freeze. Why, I've been stranded Fer days without a breeze. Two times tossed in terrible typhoons. I've been shipwrecked nine times And ten times marooned. I'm chased all day, Cursed all night, So naturally I'm full of fight. Aye! What's the use complainin'? You can't understand. I got a peg for a leg And a hook for a hand. I wear a patch on one eye So I can barely see land. And land, what's there for me? Me Ma she died when I was just three. And me Pa was lost In the South China Sea. So I got no one on land Who cares about me. But I'll sail on in spite of the pain, Chasin' all riches in Spain, Fightin', screamin' and raisin' Cain. 'Cause I'm the Irate Pirate. I shout all day: "Shiver me timbers. Get out of me way!" To return back to the audio poems page, click here. 
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