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Sparrow the Pirate
Sung to the tune of 'Frosty the Snowman'

by Honorat Selonnet
December 10, 2005

Sparrow the Pirate
is a vily dissolute soul,
with his jangly hair and his gold-shot smirk
and his eyes outlined with kohl.

Sparrow the Pirate
is a legend so they say--
just some purple prose--
but the Navy knows
how he came too true one day.

There had to be a curse
upon that gold medallion.
For when Liz tumbled from the Fort,
we ran Sparrow to the ground.

Sparrow the Pirate
was a guilty as could be.
He'd be made to pay,
destined for the Cay,
when he fished Liz from the sea.

Sparrow the Pirate
knew the noose was tight that day.
"Though you think you've won,
and holding Liz is fun,
now it's time I scoot away!"

Down through Port Royal
With a cutlass in his hand,
he ran here and there all around the square
saying, "Catch me if you can!"

He led us down the streets of town
right to the blacksmith shop,
where he fought with young Will Turner
till on him Brown got the drop.

Sparrow the Pirate
is in gaol for today.
Though he raised some dust,
we can safely trust
he will never get away.

(Much Later)
Flippety, bump, trip,
Hoppety, thump, skip.
Look at Sparrow go!
Stealing our ship!
Norrie will flip!
This is my all time low!

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