Mother Goose jumped at the chance to write a sea shanty today, the third day of NaPoWriMo. This prompt went straight to my fowl heart, for indeed I am the proud mother of twin sailors in the United States Navy.
‘Twas the year of Nineteen ninety
So earlie in the morning
That my twin babes were born
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I named one Adam, the other one Erik
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So glad to see them that frosty winter morn
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My boys went off to boot camp
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My tears they fell like rain
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I missed them so, how could they go
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My heart was filled with pain
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They tested well for nuke, do tell
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The training was rough, but they were tough
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Away they drove to Virginny’s shore
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I cried and cried to see them more
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They hoist the mast and set the sail
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They work the valves and man the rail
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My sons are now brave sailors
So earlie in the morning
On Old Honest Abe they’ll spend their days
So earlie in the morning.
Mother Goose Smiles 