{"id":89,"date":"2024-05-25T09:02:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/?post_type=chapter&p=89"},"modified":"2024-06-07T08:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:53:48","slug":"the-dead-sea-shanty","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/chapter\/the-dead-sea-shanty\/","title":{"raw":"The Dead Sea Shanty","rendered":"The Dead Sea Shanty"},"content":{"raw":"The Dead Sea Shanty\r\n\r\nby Aurora Ryder<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI hold a fist of spices,\r\n\r\nAnd wonder at the cost,\r\n\r\nHow many souls will make it?\r\n\r\nHow many will be lost?\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe started out with twenty,\r\n\r\na brave and noble crew.\r\n\r\nHalf of us were sea-trained,\r\n\r\nthe other half were new,\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBut that\u2019s the way with sailing,\r\n\r\nno matter what you do,\r\n\r\nyou\u2019ll always bury someone,\r\n\r\n\u2018neath the unforgiving blue.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSo raise a glass in mem\u2019ry,\r\n\r\nand raise your mighty sails.\r\n\r\nChart a course worth sailing,\r\n\r\nand pray for steady gales.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd mind you watch your footing,\r\n\r\nwhen you\u2019re climbing up the mast,\r\n\r\n\u2018else you\u2019ll end like Patrick,\r\n\r\nwho fell down awful fast,\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeven days of sailing,\r\n\r\nsees Alfred down and dead,\r\n\r\nheart attack and fever,\r\n\r\ntook the old man in his bed,\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSo we raised a glass in honor,\r\n\r\nand danced in candlelight.\r\n\r\nBuried Hal at dawn,\r\n\r\n\u2018cause he drank all day and night.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe started out with twenty,\r\n\r\nand now we\u2019re seventeen.\r\n\r\nCaptain says we\u2019ve bad luck,\r\n\r\nthe worst he\u2019s ever seen.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd fate or sea or fortune,\r\n\r\nsoon will prove him right;\r\n\r\nwe found him dead this morning,\r\n\r\nfrom \u201cpufferfish delight.\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe had to hang the chef then,\r\n\r\nfor as good sailors know:\r\n\r\n\u201cA man who kills his captain,\r\n\r\nreaps that which he sows.\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMarcus is made captain,\r\n\r\nbut he cannot choose a mate.\r\n\r\nJenny kills Tobias,\r\n\r\nand settles the debate.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd for a bit it\u2019s peaceful,\r\n\r\nbut then we hit a storm.\r\n\r\nThe spices fell on Emma,\r\n\r\nAnd crushed her little form.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe started out with twenty,\r\n\r\nnow it\u2019s three and ten.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve taught them all the chorus,\r\n\r\nbut still I\u2019ll sing again:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMara has gone missing...\r\n\r\nWe\u2019re losing more and more.\r\n\r\nShe cannot sing the chorus,\r\n\r\n\u2018cause her body\u2019s on the floor,\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeems she had the blight,\r\n\r\n\u2018cause her eyes and skin are blue.\r\n\r\nSeems she got around,\r\n\r\n\u2018cause four men have it too.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe leave them on an island,\r\n\r\nand pray it is enough,\r\n\r\nI \u2018spose they could be living,\r\n\r\nbut the odds are looking rough.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCali\u2019s man was on the island,\r\n\r\nand she won\u2019t leave him behind.\r\n\r\nShe takes a shot at Marcus,\r\n\r\nbut Jenny sends it wide.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd in the bout that follows,\r\n\r\nneither one survives.\r\n\r\nWe started out with twenty.\r\n\r\nNow we\u2019re down to five.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSuicide took Marcus;\r\n\r\nWhen I looked him in the eyes,\r\n\r\nhe blew a shot between them,\r\n\r\nand sailed into the skies.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe barely have enough now,\r\n\r\nto man the mast and oars.\r\n\r\nShips are manned in twenties,\r\n\r\nbut all we\u2019ve got is four.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJacob was our hope\u2013\r\n\r\nThe doctor of the ship.\r\n\r\nHe saw the signs of scurvy,\r\n\r\nBut never let it slip.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe gave his slice to Lisa,\r\n\r\nAnd with it she survived.\r\n\r\nI wonder if he\u2019d kept it,\r\n\r\nWould he be alive?\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhen Allen buried Jacob,\r\n\r\nHe buried Allen too,\r\n\r\ncause when your lover\u2019s dead,\r\n\r\nwell, what else do you do?\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI sing tonight for all \u2018them,\r\n\r\nas I gaze upon the blue.\r\n\r\nWe started out with twenty,\r\n\r\nand now we\u2019re down to two.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd now it\u2019s me and Lisa,\r\n\r\nbut she is not the same.\r\n\r\nShe who laughs no longer,\r\n\r\nand clothes herself in shame.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nShe says she will not perish.\r\n\r\nShe says she will not die.\r\n\r\nShe has the look of Marcus,\r\n\r\nand all she does is lie.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI hear her after midnight,\r\n\r\npraying to the sky.\r\n\r\nWhen I raise my blade in mercy,\r\n\r\nshe doesn\u2019t even cry.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNow I \u2018spose I\u2019m captain,\r\n\r\nbut of what, I have no clue.\r\n\r\nFor I\u2019ve barely got a ship now,\r\n\r\nAnd I haven\u2019t got a crew.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGuess I\u2019ll sing the chorus,\r\n\r\ncause there\u2019s nothing else to do.\r\n\r\nI\u2019m sailing on a ghost ship,\r\n\r\non the unforgiving blue.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnd so she takes another,<\/em>\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em>\r\n\r\nThis I guarantee.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,<\/em>\r\n\r\nsail into the sunset,<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThen sing out sorrow sailor,\r\n\r\nsing out while you cry.\r\n\r\nWeep and wail and wonder,\r\n\r\nand pray one day you\u2019ll die,\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSing out sorrow sailor,\r\n\r\nwhile you bury all your crew.\r\n\r\nWeep and wail and wonder,\r\n\r\nas they sink beneath the blue.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThen raise the flag, surrender,\r\n\r\nand lift the sails up high,\r\n\r\nsail into the storm son,\r\n\r\nand sing out while you die:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cAnd so she takes another,\r\n\r\nthat beautiful blue sea.\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll die before you cross her,\r\n\r\nand then you\u2019ll sail with me.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSail oh merry sailor,\r\n\r\nsing oh merry son,\r\n\r\nsail into the thunder,\r\n\r\n\u2018til the sailors number none.\u201d","rendered":"

The Dead Sea Shanty<\/p>\n

by Aurora Ryder<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I hold a fist of spices,<\/p>\n

And wonder at the cost,<\/p>\n

How many souls will make it?<\/p>\n

How many will be lost?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We started out with twenty,<\/p>\n

a brave and noble crew.<\/p>\n

Half of us were sea-trained,<\/p>\n

the other half were new,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But that\u2019s the way with sailing,<\/p>\n

no matter what you do,<\/p>\n

you\u2019ll always bury someone,<\/p>\n

\u2018neath the unforgiving blue.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So raise a glass in mem\u2019ry,<\/p>\n

and raise your mighty sails.<\/p>\n

Chart a course worth sailing,<\/p>\n

and pray for steady gales.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And mind you watch your footing,<\/p>\n

when you\u2019re climbing up the mast,<\/p>\n

\u2018else you\u2019ll end like Patrick,<\/p>\n

who fell down awful fast,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Seven days of sailing,<\/p>\n

sees Alfred down and dead,<\/p>\n

heart attack and fever,<\/p>\n

took the old man in his bed,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So we raised a glass in honor,<\/p>\n

and danced in candlelight.<\/p>\n

Buried Hal at dawn,<\/p>\n

\u2018cause he drank all day and night.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We started out with twenty,<\/p>\n

and now we\u2019re seventeen.<\/p>\n

Captain says we\u2019ve bad luck,<\/p>\n

the worst he\u2019s ever seen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And fate or sea or fortune,<\/p>\n

soon will prove him right;<\/p>\n

we found him dead this morning,<\/p>\n

from \u201cpufferfish delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We had to hang the chef then,<\/p>\n

for as good sailors know:<\/p>\n

\u201cA man who kills his captain,<\/p>\n

reaps that which he sows.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Marcus is made captain,<\/p>\n

but he cannot choose a mate.<\/p>\n

Jenny kills Tobias,<\/p>\n

and settles the debate.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And for a bit it\u2019s peaceful,<\/p>\n

but then we hit a storm.<\/p>\n

The spices fell on Emma,<\/p>\n

And crushed her little form.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We started out with twenty,<\/p>\n

now it\u2019s three and ten.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve taught them all the chorus,<\/p>\n

but still I\u2019ll sing again:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mara has gone missing…<\/p>\n

We\u2019re losing more and more.<\/p>\n

She cannot sing the chorus,<\/p>\n

\u2018cause her body\u2019s on the floor,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Seems she had the blight,<\/p>\n

\u2018cause her eyes and skin are blue.<\/p>\n

Seems she got around,<\/p>\n

\u2018cause four men have it too.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We leave them on an island,<\/p>\n

and pray it is enough,<\/p>\n

I \u2018spose they could be living,<\/p>\n

but the odds are looking rough.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cali\u2019s man was on the island,<\/p>\n

and she won\u2019t leave him behind.<\/p>\n

She takes a shot at Marcus,<\/p>\n

but Jenny sends it wide.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And in the bout that follows,<\/p>\n

neither one survives.<\/p>\n

We started out with twenty.<\/p>\n

Now we\u2019re down to five.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Suicide took Marcus;<\/p>\n

When I looked him in the eyes,<\/p>\n

he blew a shot between them,<\/p>\n

and sailed into the skies.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We barely have enough now,<\/p>\n

to man the mast and oars.<\/p>\n

Ships are manned in twenties,<\/p>\n

but all we\u2019ve got is four.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jacob was our hope\u2013<\/p>\n

The doctor of the ship.<\/p>\n

He saw the signs of scurvy,<\/p>\n

But never let it slip.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He gave his slice to Lisa,<\/p>\n

And with it she survived.<\/p>\n

I wonder if he\u2019d kept it,<\/p>\n

Would he be alive?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When Allen buried Jacob,<\/p>\n

He buried Allen too,<\/p>\n

cause when your lover\u2019s dead,<\/p>\n

well, what else do you do?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I sing tonight for all \u2018them,<\/p>\n

as I gaze upon the blue.<\/p>\n

We started out with twenty,<\/p>\n

and now we\u2019re down to two.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And now it\u2019s me and Lisa,<\/p>\n

but she is not the same.<\/p>\n

She who laughs no longer,<\/p>\n

and clothes herself in shame.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She says she will not perish.<\/p>\n

She says she will not die.<\/p>\n

She has the look of Marcus,<\/p>\n

and all she does is lie.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I hear her after midnight,<\/p>\n

praying to the sky.<\/p>\n

When I raise my blade in mercy,<\/p>\n

she doesn\u2019t even cry.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now I \u2018spose I\u2019m captain,<\/p>\n

but of what, I have no clue.<\/p>\n

For I\u2019ve barely got a ship now,<\/p>\n

And I haven\u2019t got a crew.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Guess I\u2019ll sing the chorus,<\/p>\n

cause there\u2019s nothing else to do.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sailing on a ghost ship,<\/p>\n

on the unforgiving blue.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And so she takes another,<\/em><\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/em><\/p>\n

This I guarantee.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/em><\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/em><\/p>\n

sail into the sunset,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number one.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then sing out sorrow sailor,<\/p>\n

sing out while you cry.<\/p>\n

Weep and wail and wonder,<\/p>\n

and pray one day you\u2019ll die,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sing out sorrow sailor,<\/p>\n

while you bury all your crew.<\/p>\n

Weep and wail and wonder,<\/p>\n

as they sink beneath the blue.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then raise the flag, surrender,<\/p>\n

and lift the sails up high,<\/p>\n

sail into the storm son,<\/p>\n

and sing out while you die:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so she takes another,<\/p>\n

that beautiful blue sea.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll die before you cross her,<\/p>\n

and then you\u2019ll sail with me.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sail oh merry sailor,<\/p>\n

sing oh merry son,<\/p>\n

sail into the thunder,<\/p>\n

\u2018til the sailors number none.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["aurora-ryder"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[72],"license":[],"class_list":["post-89","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-aurora-ryder"],"part":84,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/89\/revisions\/91"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/84"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/89\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}