A Day At Foxy's

A sea shanty I composed for my friend's 16th birthday, relating our brief interlude at Foxy's Bar on Jost van Dyke, BVI. I know you won't be able to imagine the right tune, but you can make up your own if you like.

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In Foxy’s Bar we spied a guy
C     D      G
Oh, arr, a pirate!
       C                 G
We saw ‘e ‘adn’t done ‘is fly
C    D       G
Oh, arr, a pirate!
         C            Em             G
With swimmin’ shorts an’ a beer belly
          C      Em        G
An’ a jug o’ rum; we christened he
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LARDMAN

‘E went to the bar an’ did ‘is round
Oh, arr, a pirate!
‘Is charter’d prob’ly run aground
Oh, arr, a pirate!
For ‘is crew an’ ‘is mates ‘e got some booze
Then went to an ‘ammock to ‘ave a snooze
LARDMAN

With poppin’ eyes we stared at ‘e
Oh, arr, a pirate!
An’ what could we not ‘elp but see
Oh, arr, a pirate!
‘E still ‘ad ‘is fly undone
An’ ‘e‘ad some ladies undies on
LARDMAN

We giggled loud an’ caused ‘is awake
Oh, arr, a pirate!
With guilty looks ‘is ‘and we shake
Oh, arr, a pirate!
Said “Nice to meet ee, ‘ow’d ee do?
Do you know what we christened you?”
LARDMAN

We wrote on the wall of our encounter
Oh, arr, a pirate!
Remember ‘im? We are boun’ta
Oh, arr, a pirate!
Our testimony is there still-y
Forevermore we ‘ope it will be
LARDMAN

We ‘ope you enjoyed our little shanty
Oh, arr, a pirate!
So give us rum an’ don’t be slanty
Oh, arr, a pirate!
If ever you meet ‘im say “’Owdy!
D’ye remember what they christened ye?”
LARDMAN