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There Once was a Pirate from Limerick...

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Monk Modder Mings  

Thar be dis ol' Monk Modder named Mings,  
Who be tinkerin' wid most any thang,  
Made de Redmond monk appear,  
Got de Copper Cross so dear,  
But it shore didn't quell Death's sharp sting!  <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Ain't it the truth! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

<b>Why I want to be like Fred Bob with his Quaker style method in 29 words or less...</b>

Always fighting is considered mindless,
To perpetuate strife is a blindness,
Contemplate a new way,
When you hear Fred Bob say,
"The best way's to kill 'em with kindness"

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pirate2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p:" border="0" alt="pirate2.gif" />
 
There once was a pirate named Mings
who spoke of such glorious things
as Snakebite and sailing,
the prey he's left flailing,
and more than a few of his flings! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />
 
This may come as a shock to many of you, but I have a real fondness for the works of William Shakespeare, now, now, take it easy.... I don't mean to scare anybody, but well, it's true. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

Having said that, what I'm about to post may make a little more sense, or not.

I'm reading <u>The Ionian Mission,</u> by Patrick O'Brian, one of the Master and Commander series of books, and I came across this in the Author's Note:

<i>"The Royal Navy of Nelson's time was much given to music and poetry: no wardroom was complete without half a dozen German flutes and every month the Naval Chronicle published several pages of verse by officers on active service or `half-pay`."</i>

Reading this, I did a search online on <i>The Naval Chronicles,</i> and on one site I came across this:

<b>THE TAR.
A Parody of Shakespeare`s Seven Ages.

At first the cabin boy, Cleaning the guns, and cleaning out the deck;
And then the gallant sailor, with tarr`d jacket,
And `sun-burn``d face, climbing like the nimble cat
The topmost mast; then in a privateer,
Raging like furnace to pour in a broadside
On the rich Spaniard; then heading a `press-gang`,
With bludgeon arm`d, and watching like a pard,
He drags with oaths and blows, the pallid victim
Aboard the tender; then prepared for signal,
In well mann`d fleets, by modern instances
Of Nile and Baltic, he`s led on to glory,
Even in the cannon`s mouth; next rendezvous,
In port, on grand illumination night,
Dollars in pocket, doxies by his side,
He scorns to save a doit. The world too scant
For his big spirit, in noisy revels, huzzas,
Songs, fiddles, reels, hornpipes and flowing bowls,
He drowns his cares: Next day to sea again,
Last scene that ends this strange advent`rous history,
Is greewhich pension, mess tobacco, grog,
And cheers to good Old England`s wooden walls.

The Naval Chronicles Vol.X 1803 (p 73)</b>

Here's a link to the page I got this from if you are interested:

<a href="http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/nch.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/nch.htm</a>
 
Wow, that's a GREAT site, Sir Christopher, THANKS!!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
When you hear Mad Jack call out, "Parlay!"
You were best to hear all he would say,
Or the fight that will follow,
'Gainst his "Sabers Apollo,"
Is likely to give him the day.

Happy Anniversary to Mister and Missus Mad Jack! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Nice, Sir Christopher! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />

I have been reading (I do a lot of reading, LOL!) <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> and found this - while it's not a limerick, it is really cool and I thought everyone would enjoy it:

<b>Sailor's Prayer</b>

Oh, for a glimpse of the sea again,
For the thrill when the ocean spray,
Caught from the crest of a rolling wave,
Is a kiss from a sea bouquet.

Give me the wheel of a sailing ship
And the surge of the briny main.
Bring on the wind till the hawsers sing
And the spars and the lanyards strain.

Sing me the chanteys of sailing men
To the tune of a northern gale.
Sing to the music of anchor chains,
To the beat of a popping sail.

Bury this frame in these fields you must,
But this soul is unfettered and free.
I'll set my sails to a western wind
And beat my course to the sea.

--Capt. Eugene W. Roddenberry
published June 17th, 1945, New York Times

(yes, this is Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek fame)
 
That's great Lady Cat!
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

Homer can't claim any authorship of this one, it's all mine:

<b>Ode to the Members, Tavernkeepers, Moderators & Administrators of Pirates Ahoy!</b>

If you long to live like Edward Teach,
Or drink rum on a Virgin Isle beach,
Modern Life leaves you bored,
Lacking pistol and sword,
Then let Pirates Ahoy! fill the breach.

Happy First Anniversary to Pirates Ahoy! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
That's priceless, Sir Christopher! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_praise.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":bow" border="0" alt="icon_praise.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />
 
<!--QuoteBegin-SirChristopherMings+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SirChristopherMings)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Happy Anniversary to Mister and Missus Mad Jack! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Thank you, Sir Christopher! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="cheers.gif" />: <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Donkey Pirate's a fellow with class,
And in battle, there's few who'll surpass,
If you cross him, it's said,
He won't leave you for dead,
But you'll probably wind up an ass!
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
There once was a fellow named Clyde
Who fell into an outhouse and died.
His unfortunate brother
Fell into another
And now they're interred side by side.
 
Somehow, "Rest in piss" doesn't sound very dignified. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

I think Homer must have hurt his brain trying to fit JMV 575 into a rhyme scheme, but JMV 575's uniform's look so cool, I'm sure he didn't mind making the effort.

<b>Ode to JMV575's Uniform Skins</b>

If the "Napoleonic Age" is your notion,
Of when you would sail on the ocean,
JMV575,
Makes this time frame alive,
And your "Post" can obtain his promotion.
 
<!--QuoteBegin-William Red Wake+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(William Red Wake)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Limericks of the Damned.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Aye, here we be and here we are... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

This one is of questionable taste (o gawd!), but I had to post it... It's just toooooo funny!

Vidi a young Latin lass
And vici her heart and her ass.
She fondled genteely
My membrum virile
But veni too quickly alas. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" />
 
This is about a young man named Tordenskjold.

Never afraid when the waters got wavy
Never fearing the locker of Davy
He gave danger a nestle
Was the son of a Wessel
No wonder he signed with the navy
 
Lady Cat,

I think the Latin gives it enough dignity to keep it from offending the prudish. Perhaps Caesar should have said, "Vidi,vici, veni." <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blah:" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Tordenskjold, Welcome to the site! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
Making a poetic entrance no less!

WRW, Ahoy! We've missed you around here, and it 's good to hear your muse may be gearing up for another William Red Wake Opus.
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This thread will never die! ARRRRRRRRR! It's like the walking dead. AYE. Limericks of the Damned.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Funny you should mention that, I have been thinking it might be fun to create limerick epitaphs for a famous pirates graveyard, for example:

<b>Here Be Edward Teach, known by some as Blackbeard</b>

Fear Blackbeard, no more for he's dead,
And his corpse was all riddled with lead,
T'was at quaint Ockracoke
That he happened to croak
After Maynard made off with his head.

<img src="http://www.ocracoke.com/live_cam/blackbeard.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" /> <b>Tordenskjold, </b>and welcome aboard! Pull up a keg, have a seat, and have a couple on us! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" /> We're glad you found your way into these fair waters, and hope you visit often! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />

You know how to make a classy entrance, too! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

Great idea, Sir Christopher!

Hmmm...

<b>Calico Jack Rackham, Pyrate</b>

The <i>William,</i> and Calico's gang
Barret boarded and cowed wih a bang
Had he fought like a man
Said a Bonney named Anne
Jack would not, like a dog, have been hanged.
 
That's great Lady Cat,
Someone told me that at his trial for piracy, Calico Jack was asked why he had attacked a particular English ship, and his reply was, "Well, they looked like Spaniards to me..."
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh" border="0" alt="huh.gif" />

<b>The final Resting Place of What's Left of William Kidd, Captain of the Adventure Galley</b>

Captain Kidd was a regular guy,
Who tried piracy out on the fly,
However, social conventions,
Frown on `wishy-washy` intentions,
And the Navy hung Kidd out to dry.

<img src="http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_200/D3864_15.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
 
Glad you liked it, Rico! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

<img src="http://www.aschulze.net/pirates/images/p_bonnet.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

<b>A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. (Miss Manners)</b>

Stede Bonnet, the "Gentleman Pirate",
Who's shrill and shrew wife made him irate,
Slipped his old leash on life,
For a new lease on strife,
Till a noose made his plump body gyrate.

<img src="http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/Bonnet%20Hangs.JPG" border="0" class="linked-image" />
 
<b>Gallant Thomas Tew Took A Cannonball In The Bowels</b>

Thomas Tew sailed near and sailed far
Made his fortune in Madagascar
When with Henry Avery
He met death unsavory
With scant time to say <i>au revoir.</i>
 
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