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The Scimitar


Cindy Tonkin - March 28, 2025

by Cindy Tonkin

I’ll sing a line la la la la
The scimitar the scimitar
This line will rhyme with lucky star
The scimitar the scimitar
A ship that sailed the sea

The story of the scimitar
The scimitar the scimitar
Her captain plays the bass guitar.
The scimitar the scimitar
A ship that sailed the sea

(and so on with call and response between)

The crew they feast on Caviar
Write letters from the escritoire

The first mate wears a pink peignoir
His spirit animal’s jaguar

Drink their tea from a samovar
And champagne from a balthazar

Their shantyman’s conservatoire
Friends with pierre auguste renoir

Classy is their repertoire
Their Moustachios are handlebar

Secrets written in grimoire
Where to find excalibur

To them we bid fond au revoir
They’re on a cruise to zanzibar

This is a call and response shanty.

Image is rigging of the James Craig 2022, by Cindy Tonkin

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