Captain Bartholomew Burgundy gives us some reassurance -- I think -- that he is truly a man of the sea and not just some finely-dressed stowaway who likes to dance.When ye talk 'bout th' greatest names in sailin', ye c'n mention a list as long 'n tall as ye mast. I 'ave sev'rl thot right ought t' be 'n any list, like Cap'n Cook (famous privateer 'n me hero), Blackbeard, Davey Jones, Jean Lafitte, Edward Teach, Henry Morgan, William Monson, Cap'n Hook, Horatio Hornblower, and "Skipper."
But at th' top of me list is tha' original sailor, Noah. Aye, the 'ol sea dog 'ad to contend wi' wind 'n rain 'n woiters mo' furious tha' ye coul' ever imagine. He got caught in th' original Perfect Storm! An' if that weren' enough, 'e 'ad t' corral and contain a ship fulla animals, double'a every one fer 40 days 'n 40 nights 'a rain. Ye talk a'bit a long voyage! We make 't a poin' t' pay tribute t' him ev'ry year at th' Buccaneer Ball.
An' 'e left us a lesson f'r our landlubbin' voyages. Ye see, Noah was th' original carpooler. Only 'e didn' call 't carpoolin' back then...
Avast! Who let th' skunk in?
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