A problem (weather, rope, enemy) Line 2: A violent or clever solution Line 3: A boast about a body part or drink Line 4: The command to dance
Unlike the shanties sung to coordinate labor on merchant ships, the was forbidden music. It was never written down. Pirate historians believe it originated with a one-legged buccaneer named "Silvertree" O’Mally, who, after losing his limb to a cannonball, strapped a peg leg to his stump and declared, “The sea took my ankle. I’ll take its rhythm.” pirates jig
1. The Legend (Fictional History) The year is 1719. The place: The Sandy Cove Tavern, Tortuga. A problem (weather, rope, enemy) Line 2: A
