{"id":2662,"date":"2016-04-17T00:45:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T00:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2016-04-17T01:05:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T01:05:28","slug":"king-arthur-on-the-high-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/king-arthur-on-the-high-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"King Arthur on the High Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Arr
Arr me Hearties – Pirate Flags of the High Seas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the sickness and slaughter as they sailed the wild water
\nThere was fun and frivolous games played by the sailors of the seas
\nIn dangerous times when good business was bad crimes
\nThere was life and laughter echoing in the breeze.<\/p>\n

\"Grainne<\/a>
Lady Pirates, no ladies but all woman like Grainne Mhaol – The Irish Pirate Queen. Image by Ally Fell<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The days long and hot, they used what they got
\nSea water buckets by the dozen they threw
\nOn one tied fast, in fancy dress to the mast
\nKeeping serious face in case they be King Arthur too!<\/p>\n

He tied to the pole used his expressions whole
\nEach more ludicrous than the last like a child
\nThe aim to fast make the water caster laugh
\nThen he done the robes and the ropes for he smiled!<\/p>\n

Sure there was murder and blood, not forget it we should
\nBut there was fun to be had among men who were not all bad
\nThe flags flew limp, the sailor walked with a limp
\nHe remembered the good times as King Arthur of the Seas that he had…<\/p>\n

\"Sir
Sir Francis Drake – The Gentleman Pirate<\/strong><\/em>. He is descended from the Drakes who married into the Ashe family of Devon, one of three brothers. The second went to Yorkshire it is said, and the third is of local interest, as he came to Dublin with in laws the Sudleys and the de Treacys where his grandson was the leader of crown forces at the Battle of Bloody Banks<\/a><\/strong> and our branch of the family (who were of Drakesrath in Oldcastle and then of Ballinulty) is said to have been descended from, fighting for King James at the Boyne<\/a><\/strong>, and also alas being involved in the slave trade in Barbados<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the sickness and slaughter as they sailed the wild water There was fun and frivolous games played by the sailors of the seas In dangerous times when good business was bad crimes There was life and laughter echoing in the breeze. 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