Pirate Poet

Josie Whitehead’s Poems

From the Pirates of Penzance

A rollicking band of pirates we,
Who, tired of tossing on the sea,
Are trying their hand at a burglaree,
With weapons grim and gory.

THE PIRATE POET

by Josie Whitehead

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A dangerous pirate – yes, that’s me

Who, finally bored with my life at sea,

Has now turned my hand to poetry

With my weapons of pen and paper.

I scour the books and the internet

For it’s others’ work I want to get

Look on me now as the ultimate threat

With my weapons of pen and paper.

I’ll boldly take your verse and rhyme

Then wickedly claim that they are mine

I’ll snatch your poems, then redesign -

With my weapons of pen and paper.

Chorus:

Oh, ho ho, ho ho, ho ho,

It’s a pirating I will go

So watch out me lads

With your poems and fags

For a pirating I will go.

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