SAINT PATRICK’S DAY 2019
Ode to Shay Black
On the Luck of an Irish Sailor
Here’s a seaman’s tale and I swear it’s true,
‘Bout Sailor Shay on the ocean blue;
Of his Irish Luck and how it came to be,
That he married the daughter of a mermaid queen!
Lie dee doo, lie dee dee,
Oh, for a life on the open sea;
Where clouds fly by and the wind blows free,
‘On The Luck Of An Irish Sailor.’
One strange day, quite unforeseen,
A storm sprang up with a mighty scream;
The masthead snapped and the rail broke free,
Shay was cast in an angry sea.
All seemed lost, but his luck prevailed,
When Shay caught sight of a mermaid’s tail;
Her hair faired blue, her eyes shone green,
A lovelier fish, Shay’d never seen.
They swam, what seemed for hours on hours,
‘Till they came to a bed of seaweed flowers;
There, she rolled him in her arms;
Shay’s heart was lost to her mermaid charms.
Lie dee dee, lie dee doo,
Oh, for life on the ocean blue;
I believe in a wish come true,
‘On The Luck Of An Irish Sailor.’
There’s more of the yarn you’ll want to read,
‘Bout Sailor Shay on the ocean sea;
Like the time he dined at a royal feast
And sang his songs for the mermaid queen.
Lie dee doo, lie dee dum
Oh, for a rhyming tale that’s fun;
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Pam and Mike Mirabella
Illustration: Amy O’Hanlon
Poem: Mike Mirabella
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