A'vast, Homeward Bound

Tis not only the grumble of the pirate that gives voice to the tongue of the sea but it's also the man seeking refuge in the depths of its cold history . There are some who just won't go near it while still shallow and under their chin as for me? I surely will bear it... rough water? nor' easter? I'm in. . Now; I've had me some ships and a scuttle or two but that's how I learned that you... ..."NEVER PAINT HER BLUE." well, that superstition has been passed through the ages yes- that one and this: "DON'T KEEP PARROTS IN CAGES." . They say..., "Time and tide waits for no man around." and the worst thing that's hollered??? "AVAST HOMEWARD BOUND" because then you swing stern 180 degree and tuck in behind some protection alee where the wind and the waves are as low as the dirt and the Cap't puts on some new unwrinkled shirt . That's when I go and tend to the keel or I polish the brass of the ships steering wheel my mates (Gruff and Grimey) soon return with a jug so I go and I fetch Grandpa Ziggy's old mug. You see, he's the one who'd rounded greatness in me as he taught both a love and a fear of the sea which are one in the same to those with the notion to abandon dry land and go live on the ocean. . So, Time and tide wait for no man, it's true and the water will swaller a boat colored blue but if you keep that grey parrot up on your left shoulder that deep water turmoil may let you grow older. . . R.I.P. Robbie St.Peter