Excalibur - Excalibur - 9

Musings on an Atlantic crossing, 9

The Sadly True Ballad of the Clumsy Sailor

Verse 1
What has she done now, the clumsy sailor?
What has she done now, the clumsy sailor?
What has she done now, the clumsy sailor?
Early in the morning

V2
Got a riding turn on the main mast halyard
V3
Caught a reefing line in her trainer shoelace
V4
Smashed the skipper’s mug, for christ’s sake don’t tell him
V5
Wrenched out all the wires from the battery monitor
V6
Spilled a cup of tea on the paper chart pile
V7
Lost a spanner down the bilge and it’s gone forever

Chorus
Heigh ho she’s gone and gybed it
Heigh ho she’s gone and gybed it
Etc