Posted By: Gavin Sinclair
The Battle Of Lake Travis - 09/08/20 06:41 PM
The events in Texas over the weekend inspired me to do something I never thought I would do - write a sea shanty
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THE BATTLE OF LAKE TRAVIS
VERSE 1
In the year of 2020
We drove down to Lake Travis
Told the folks in the boats for the Trump parade
We'd like to join if they'd have us
They said, "Just line up behind boys
Welcome aboard shipmates
At half past three, we put to sea
To keep America great"
CHORUS 1
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
Earl's pontoon boat was soon afloat
And we were ready to party
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
And a case of Miller Lite
Jolly Jack Tars on the reservoir
Ready to fight for our rights
VERSE 2
Earl got a tweet about a liberal fleet
Commanded by Captain Soros
Packed to the gunnels with masked men
And women, heading straight for us
It was maybe the grog, or maybe the fog
Of war, but Earl broke formation
Glory bound, he turned the boat around
And sped off to save the nation
CHORUS 2
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
Others in our fleet had got the same tweet
And they joined in our war party
Through his telescope, Earl saw a boat
He cried, Bandits at 10 o'clock
Set course for the foe, crying, "Thar she blows,"
And ran right into a rock
VERSE 3
As we sank below the surface, the air was filled with curses
Coming from the patriots' throats
The wake he left behind, when we left the line
Was sinking all their boats
But Earl didn't hear, his mind was on the beer
For Davy Jones' locker bound
He dove beneath the waves, but he couldn't save
The treasure, and he almost drowned
MUSICAL BREAK
BRIDGE
Now Earl's an American hero
He went down with flags still flying
He couldn't save the beer
But he came close to dying, trying
CHORUS 3
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
We might not know how to keep a boat afloat
But we sure know how to party
That boat that Earl was after turned out to be the cops
Thank God that rock was in the way
Too helpless with laughter to clap us in irons
So we live to fight another day
CODA
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
At the Battle of Lake Travis
In the year of 2020.
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THE BATTLE OF LAKE TRAVIS
VERSE 1
In the year of 2020
We drove down to Lake Travis
Told the folks in the boats for the Trump parade
We'd like to join if they'd have us
They said, "Just line up behind boys
Welcome aboard shipmates
At half past three, we put to sea
To keep America great"
CHORUS 1
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
Earl's pontoon boat was soon afloat
And we were ready to party
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
And a case of Miller Lite
Jolly Jack Tars on the reservoir
Ready to fight for our rights
VERSE 2
Earl got a tweet about a liberal fleet
Commanded by Captain Soros
Packed to the gunnels with masked men
And women, heading straight for us
It was maybe the grog, or maybe the fog
Of war, but Earl broke formation
Glory bound, he turned the boat around
And sped off to save the nation
CHORUS 2
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
Others in our fleet had got the same tweet
And they joined in our war party
Through his telescope, Earl saw a boat
He cried, Bandits at 10 o'clock
Set course for the foe, crying, "Thar she blows,"
And ran right into a rock
VERSE 3
As we sank below the surface, the air was filled with curses
Coming from the patriots' throats
The wake he left behind, when we left the line
Was sinking all their boats
But Earl didn't hear, his mind was on the beer
For Davy Jones' locker bound
He dove beneath the waves, but he couldn't save
The treasure, and he almost drowned
MUSICAL BREAK
BRIDGE
Now Earl's an American hero
He went down with flags still flying
He couldn't save the beer
But he came close to dying, trying
CHORUS 3
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
We might not know how to keep a boat afloat
But we sure know how to party
That boat that Earl was after turned out to be the cops
Thank God that rock was in the way
Too helpless with laughter to clap us in irons
So we live to fight another day
CODA
Splice the mainbrace, hoist the flag
Shiver me timbers me hearty
At the Battle of Lake Travis
In the year of 2020.