And the decks of the Good Ship Mudcat are awash with bits of Lawyers, blood and Water. Not bad for 100 pounds of Amatol - set at 100 feet.Definatly a case for an out of order issue of Pussers best Rum - "Yes Bosun, that can definitly cracked a cask of RUM. So haul down Flag "K" and hoist "splice the main brace"
Mmario pipes "Up Spirits - Stand fast the Holy Ghost". Dave B taps his hard tack - it splits in two, both infested with Insects - which one will he dunk in his grog - silly question - at sea you must aways choose the lesser of two weviells !!!
And to celebrate this unexpected issue the soberer part of the crew sing of with :-FIDDLER'S GREEN (John Connolly)
As I roved by the dockside on evening so rare
To view the still waters and take the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singing this song
O take me away boys my time is not longDress me up in me oilskin and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates
I'm taking a trip, mates
And I'll see them someday in Fiddler's GreenNow Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell
Where fishermen go when they don't go to Hell
Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play
And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far awayThe sky's always clear and there's never a gale
And the fish jump on board with a flip of their tail
You can lie at your leisure, there's no work to do
And the skipper's below making tea for the crewAnd when you're in dock and the long trip is thru
There's pubs and there's clubs, and there's lassies there too
Now the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free
And there's bottles of rum hanging from every treeI don't want a harp or a halo, not me
Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea
And I'll play me old squeeze box as we sail along
When the wind's in the rigging to sing me this songGareth