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ARC Ditty for my grandkids (with apology to Edward Lear)
 
We Went To Sea In A Catamaran
 
We went to sea in a catamaran, 
In a cat we went to sea.
Our friends all said ‘Take care, take care,
We don’t know how you dare!”
 
On a sunny Sunday we left the Canaries
And waves goodbye, goodbye.
With a hundred boats we all set sail
Far out in the blue North Atlantic.
The very next day
All the boats disappeared!
Were they stolen by the fairies?
And a flying fish flew onto our deck,
‘Oh silly fish, what in the heck?’
 
We went to sea in a catamaran,
In a cat we went to sea.
Two hundred miles the very first day,
And the dolphins tried to race us!
‘Where are you going? We’ll show you the way!’
But on we sailed, not a backward glance,
And they couldn't keep up their dance.
But a flying fish landed on our transom,
He really wasn’t one bit handsome!
 
We set our course for the Caribbean
Three thousand miles away.
The trade winds filled our massive sails
White horses shone in the midday sun,
They pushed us every day.
And a flying fish jumped onto our bow!
His smelly scales we would not allow.
 
We went to sea in a catamaran,
In a cat we went to sea.
With Mo at the helm and Polly his crew,
Aided by Marc and me.
We had saussies for breakfast
And caught fish for tea.
We slept snug in our bunks
To the lapping sea.
And a flying fish landed on our stern!
Oh that crazy fish—will he ever learn?
 
We all took turns to keep a watch
Looking for boats or birds or whales
But all we saw were the stars at night,
A beautiful bright new moon,
And luckily, luckily no scary tropical gales.
And a flying fish flew into our cockpit
He really was a naughty nitwit!
 
We went to sea in a catamaran,
In a cat we went to sea.
The wind died down, we fell into the Doldrums,
Our sails went flop and we came to a stop!
Oh how will we get to St Lucia?
We’ll take out our chart and turn on the motor
And in twenty days we’ll be there.
No more flying fish landing on our barque
Hip hip hooray, we finished the ARC!
 
MARYROSE
 

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