ext_6188 ([identity profile] inamac.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] bohemiancoast 2011-10-22 12:00 pm (UTC)

The version I know has a sing-song rhythm:

It was a dark and stormy night
And the Captain said to the Mate,
"Oi, Mate, tell us a yarn!"

And the yarn went something like this:
It was a dark and stormy night [repeat ad infinitum]

I suspect the 'Oi, Mate!' is very Sarf Lunnon.

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