by Cindy Tonkin – tune is 12 bar blues.
I’ll sing a line la la la la
The scimitar the scimitar
This line will rhyme with lucky star
The scimitar the scimitar
And then one more star
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
The crew they feast on Caviar
A ship that sailed the sea
Their shantyman’s conservatoire
The scimitar the scimitar
Friends with pierre auguste renoir
The scimitar the scimitar
Classy is their repertoire
A ship that sailed the sea
The first mate wears a pink peignoir
The scimitar the scimitar
His spirit animal’s jaguar
The scimitar the scimitar
Moustachios are handlebar
A ship that sailed the sea
Drinks his tea from a samovar
The scimitar the scimitar
And champagne from a balthazar
The scimitar the scimitar
Writes letters from his escritoire
A ship that sailed the sea
Secrets written in grimoire
The scimitar the scimitar
Where to find Excalibur
The scimitar the scimitar
And return without a scar
A ship that sailed the sea
To them we bid an au revoir
The scimitar the scimitar
They are bound for Zanzibar
The scimitar the scimitar
The scimitar the scimitar
A ship that sailed the sea
repeat with scimitar scimitar
it’s 12 bar blues so the tune doesn’t much matter, but here’s the tune I wrote for it.
Image is rigging of the James Craig 2022, by Cindy Tonkin
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