Old Jack he was a sailor
wore a suit of Navy blue
he’d sailed on all the seven seas
from New York to Timbuktu
and when he went home he’d tell stories
but most of them weren’t true.
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Very nice poem, Bobby. What fun would the truth be? 🙂
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This is fantastic, Bobby! Love the humour 😀
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Ha! I like Old Jack the sailor! 🙂
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What does it matter, I’m sure his tales were all the better for it! Well done.
My 38 words!
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Jack the sailor with a whale of a tale! What a character! 😀
pax,
dora
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Wonderfully done… And your link! You got it 😉
Sailors do tend to tell tall tales…
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Perhaps I’ve finally cracked the link conundrum
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It appears so! 😀
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Gosh, to sail to Timbuktu. It’s a sky-ship, yea? But I love your poem anyway
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Very astute, poetic licence
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I love this, very funny.
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