NATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY

In honor of National Talk like a Pirate Day

I tried it on me mateys but what can I say?

They didn't understand or didn't want to play

They said I was rude, for talking that way

But it's a tradition that I refuse to betray

And I'll talk like a pirate if I want anyway

So ye scurvy seadogs as I sail up the quay

Wish me smooth sailing and anchors aweigh

Just having me fun so give me some leeway

I'll scuttle ye amidships to start the fray

And unbatten your hatches, your riggin belay

Your decks litter with cannonballs astray

Then I'll board you and take whatever I may

All ye landlubbers on your knees and pray

That I don't make you walk the plank anyway

Or perchance keelhaul you in the sea so grey

And hang you from the yardarm to swing and sway

But it's all in fun on Talk like a Pirate Day