Dad, Ye Be Me Favorite Pirate
Dad, ye be me favorite pirate:
Ye taught me all I need to know,
From how to keep me cutlass clean
To where the Trade Winds blow.
You showed me how to tie me kerchief
So that it stays upon me head,
And you taught me how to use a knife
To pick the weevils from me bread.
You schooled me in me navigatin',
How to guide me ship by a star,
And ye taught me how to talk like a pirate:
When it's really correct to say "arrrr!"
Dad, ye be me favorite pirate,
And there's only one thing more to say:
Not only do I thank ye with all of me heart
But I'll join your crew any day!
Stephen Sanders
©2008
I love this!!! I have to admit I'm partial to rhyming quatrain, but when it's coupled with perfect meter, humor and sentiment it really grabs my imagination! I could see and hear the little boy here talking to his beloved father/Captain. Well done!
Thank you! I sold a few of these last Father's Day at Lawton. I love going to garage sales and buying old frames and then trying to find the perfect picture to use as a watermark. Put them all together with one of me poems and, sometimes, they work!