So, suggested that I download the song by the Decemberists - Mariner's Revenge Song. The song is very unique in that you don't hear sea chantys very much anymore. Well, OK, the only sea chanty I know is "Blow the Man Down". Really, I guess I don't really know what a sea chanty is. However, I would like to classify this as a sea chanty, probably too long though. Anyway, it is a great song. The following are some of the lyrics from the song. They almost remind me of Shakespeare in their depiction of revenge.
"Find him, bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave
There is one thing I must say to you
As you sail across the sea
Always, your mother will watch over you
As you avenge this wicked deed"
I've listened to that song so many times that my 7-year old daughter can sing along to that particular refrain with me. We both take a ghoulish glee in it. As I've said many times before, I am most assuredly raising her up to murder me in my bed someday.
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Well, that or she'll avenge your death.
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