I don't have time right now to look up the specific info, but one of the Monty Python fellas wrote a wonderful musical story based on "The Owl and the Pussy Cat." At one point the owl and pussy cat spot a ship on the horizen. At first they think the flag is a skull and cross bones and that they are about to be attacked by pirates. As the ship draws nearer, they see the flag has a pie plate with a knife and fork crossed atop it. They hear the crew (all rats) singing a song, the first verse of which is

When I was a boy I went to sea
Hoho diddle diddle dum dee dee
I didn't go to school or wear a hat!
No, I became a pie rat!

Janie