Filk: Up Anchor, Arthur Gordon Pym
From
Jeff Urs@21:1/5 to
All on Sun Apr 11 19:20:05 2021
My entry for the FK-NO 2 Penguin Song contest, the specifications for which required shantyness and the presence (surprise) of the word "penguin":
"Up Anchor, Arthur Gordon Pym"
ttto "South Australia"
Up anchor, Arthur Gordon Pym
Heave away, haul away
No penguins we, to swiftly swim
Away from the Antarctic
Chorus:
Penguins in the sea are smooth
Heave away, haul away
Heave the way that penguins move
Away from the Antarctic
We'll leave behind the sunless sea
Heave away, haul away
No more to hear Tekeli-li!
Away from the Antarctic
[Chorus]
Tekeli-li! The sound of fright
Heave away, haul away
That even penguins moves to flight
Away from the Antarctic
[Chorus]
The shoggoth comes; away we rush
Heave away, haul away
And penguins perish in the crush
Away from the Antarctic
[Chorus]
Through tunnels black we blindly fly
Heave away, haul away
But light at last then meets the eye
Away from the Antarctic
[Chorus]
Up anchor lads, we're homeward bound
Heave away, haul away
Our sanity's still underground
Away from the Antarctic
[Chorus]
--
Jeff
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