Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PIRATE'S CAVE, by BURGES JOHNSON


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First Line: Under the table when dinner's through
Last Line: And mother she gets the crew!
Subject(s): Children; Imagination; Pirates; Play; Childhood; Fancy; Piracy; Buccaneers


Under the table, when dinner's through,
There is my fav'rite cave.
My sister she is a pirate crew,
An' I am a captain brave.
With treasure out of the cookie jar,
And plunder from other lands,
To the pirate lair that's hidden there
We creep on our knees and hands.

Before the people get up to go,
Then is the time to hide.
I whisper, "Ho, my lads, lie low,
There are foes on every side!"
And then I thump on the table top,
And Papa says, "Hey! What's that?"
And another thump makes Mother jump
And guess that it's just the cat.

But Papa says, when I thump again,
"P'r'aps it's a pirate bold!"
And his legs an' feet come huntin' then,
A-tryin' to catch a-hold;
He keeps me hurryin' back an' forth
Till his hands come huntin' too,
Then I sink the ship when I feel his grip,
And Mother she gets the crew!





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