Yes,it can be fun to rediscover lost or long-forgotten gems on one's computer. In one of my files which I had saved as 'Literature and Poetry-Nautical' I discovered a few more.
No,I am not going to bore you all by going into poetry mode,maybe just now and again,some other time.
However there are a few amusing ones.We all know the rhyme about the enigmatic Oozlum Bird and what happened to it and just where and why it disappeared,but there is also a rhyme evoking a memory and an image
I do know why I saved it originally,along with others,because it brought back happy memories of being a cadet 50+ years ago ,when we cadets were often invited down to the Pig,or the PO's mess ,usually after a hard day's graft on deck, to celebrate ,for example,a birthday .Apart from the popular seafarers songs which we soon learned and picked up. I remember one particular Bosun rendering ,with great dramatic gesturing,facial expressions and appropriate pauses of breath ,many rhymes and ditties such as the following. Imagine the outburst of ribald laughter and the throwing of much amber liquid down throats that ensued on those memorable hot trans-Indian Ocean nights...
The Camel and the Sphinx
(Clearing of Throat to begin ).....
"Now,the sexual urge of the camel,
Is greater than anyone thinks.
In moments of erotic excitement,
.......It frequently buggers the Sphinx.
Now the Sphinx’s posterior passage
Is washed by the sands of the Nile
Which explains both the face of the camel
………….And the Sphinx's inscrutable smile. "
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