Scallywag
Phyllis Wolfe White
Oh, I wish I were a pirate just to sail upon the sea.
A wigglydywag of a scallywag is what I'd like to be!
And it's yo, ho, ho! Let the wind blow free !
I wouldn't be mean; my ship would be clean !
That's the life for me !
Argh ! Argh! Argh!
And if I were a pirate, I might grow a woolly beard.
A wiggledywag of a scallywag that no one ever feared.
With a patch and a parrot and a ship to be steered !
With treasure to find, I'd share and be kind!
A pirate buccaneer !
Argh ! Argh! Argh!
Or, maybe I'll live in the wild, wild West !
Ridin' and a ropin' on the range.
Yee - haw !
Or, maybe I'll be a hungry dinosaur
Tyranosaurus, Brontosaurus, eating everything in the forest !
Rarr ! Rarr ! Yum !
Or, I could be a leader of a musical marching band.
With a plume upon my hat, a baton held in my hand
nd it's 1, 2, 3 ! Everybody follow me !
Tweedly - deet! Here's the beat !
Wouldn't it be grand !
1, 2 ! 1, 2, 3 !
Or, maybe I'll be an astronaut,
riding in a rocket to the moon,
Blast off !
Soaring through the galaxies with supersonic speed,
Andromeda and Milky Way,
with plenty of stars as bright as day !
Zoom ! Zoom ! Zoom !
But, I'd rather be a pirate just to sail upon the sea.
A wiggledywag of a scallywag is what I'd like to be !
And it's yo, ho, ho! Let the wind blow free!
A biggledybag of a, jiggledyjag
of a, wiggledywag
of a scallywag is what I'd like to be !
Arrgh !