"Twas a dark and stormy night And gathered round the campfire Were brigands large and brigands small, And the captain spake unto Antonius. 'Antonius' he said 'Give us one of your choicest selections.' And Antonius spake as follows."
My father regaled his children, and I mine, with this starting in the early 1940s. It was, and is, often elabourated with commentary on, e.g., the size of brigands relative to the teller or hearer, the storminess of the night, etc. It may further be interspersed with verses from the following.
"Back, back in 73, when I sailed the good ship Nancy Lee, I'll never forget that awful night, When the waves rolled up with all their might, And the ship was sunk and the crew was dead, when the captain turned to me and said,
'Back, back in 73, when I sailed the good ship Nancy Lee...'"
I recall this from the shores of Puget Sound. My father's background stretched to Illinois and Montana.
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A Dark and Stormy Night
Date: 2012-12-09 10:56 pm (UTC)And gathered round the campfire
Were brigands large and brigands small,
And the captain spake unto Antonius.
'Antonius' he said
'Give us one of your choicest selections.'
And Antonius spake as follows."
My father regaled his children, and I mine, with this starting in the early 1940s.
It was, and is, often elabourated with commentary on, e.g., the size of brigands relative to the teller or hearer, the storminess of the night, etc. It may further be interspersed with verses from the following.
"Back, back in 73, when I sailed the good ship Nancy Lee,
I'll never forget that awful night,
When the waves rolled up with all their might,
And the ship was sunk and the crew was dead,
when the captain turned to me and said,
'Back, back in 73, when I sailed the good ship Nancy Lee...'"
I recall this from the shores of Puget Sound. My father's background stretched to
Illinois and Montana.