I know, I know - late to the dance... This historical recreation was inspired by the SUPPLY LIST from the Shackleton Expedition. The original story tells about the booze that was FOUND, but see the link below to see the booze that WASN'T found! - Al SHACKLETON'S CRATES TUNE: Finnegan's Wake New Words: Trapper (Al Boyce) Ern'st Shackleton came from Ireland In 1907 he boated out He'd a mind to explore Antarctic's shores South Pole bound's what he was about. Now Ern'st had a sort of the tipplin' way With a love of the liquor, old Ern'st was born Though o'erloaded was his boat that day He'd a dram shop's worth of booze on board! CHORUS: Whack fol the da' now, toss out the Parsnips Mutton, hens and fishing baits Ditch woolies, gloves and iodine But leave plenty of room for Shackleton's Crates! Three crates of quarts of champagne wine Three crates of pints of champagne too; Three crates of bottles of finest port Six crates of brandy sure would do. Then the 11 year whiskey loaded - Mackinlay's 1896. Twelve crates of Rare Old Highland Whiskey, Twelve crates of that should do the trick! His men assembled on Cape Royd With their gramophone, records and poker cards They'd a hundred pounds of tobacco bales And two barrels of beer from Speights Brewery yard Their bachelor pad they began to build Such a man-cave you did never see! With a microwave oven and a foosball game and round-the-clock sports on cable TV! February aught-eight it was a blur By March the beer was history April, Bernie took a road trip with the car May, Wild and Joyce printed poetry By June they finished off the port July saw the last of the champagne die In August they had smoked their last And were giving Shackleton's Crates the eye! Then Ernie shouted and raised his hand "We'll have to ration the booze right quick! We've four crates left of a brandy fine And nine of Mackinlay's 'Ninety-six!" Ernie had picked his crew quite canny None had schooling past grade two They couldn't do math on the missing crates And Shackleton hid them from his crew. The rest, they say, is history Soon, the booze being gone, the party broke Poor Ern'st was passed out on his bed And the Nimrod shoved off before he woke In 2010, Al Fastier found them Shackleton's Crates where they had been With but one bottle shy when they were reported Methinks Shackleton's booze got swiped again! Supply list from the Shackleton Expedition CLICK TO PLAY
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