<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=558538" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>If I Was Captain</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day, one dusk, and then a new dawn, <br>Set sail for vast new shores.<br>Watch the afternoon sunset, son<br>Hear the broadside cannons roar. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">All the way to the horizon boys, <br>Make haste to make port by sundown. <br>Take heed, forewarned, of who we are son, <br>We'll pillage and sack this town.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dance around in the setting sun, <br>Laugh all day, sing all night.<br>Rum is a sailor's best friend, son<br>Drink till the new day is in sight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">See the foam froth at the starboard end, <br>Make anchor in the evening light.<br>Climb skywards to yonder crow's nest, son, <br>Prepare to plunder and plight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But though the life sounds tempting, <br>A deceiver I am to you.<br>Reality is a different story, son<br>It is a life I live untrue. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We swab the decks, we tire our bones, <br>We sweat till the day is done.<br>No rum, no laughter, no singing, son<br>Tis' a life lacking in fun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet, my boy, if I was to be called the captain, <br>And swear allegiance to sand and sea, <br>No further look ye for adventure, son<br>I'd offer a life that is free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And raise Old Roger upon the mast, <br>A flag most jolly to behold.<br>Sail at the wheel for seven yar, son<br>In search of woman, rum and gold.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So take thy advice for a life of ease, <br>And out with this old captain! <br>We shall run the scurvy dog through, son<br>And for us the ship shall remain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And to reach a new day, a new dusk and a new dawn, <br>Under I me ‘arties we sail! <br>No nothing shall oppose, son<br>No never shall we fail!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Stuart+McKenzie">Stuart McKenzie</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=558538" data-title="If I Was Captain de Stuart McKenzie" data-description="One day, one dusk, and then a new dawn, Set sail for vast new shores. Watch the afternoon sunset, son Hear the broadside cannons roar. All the way to the horizon boys, Make haste to make port by sundown. Take heed, forewarned, of who we are s..."></div> </div> </div>

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