Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PIRATE'S CAVE, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET by ROSE TERRY COOKE THE SACK OF BALTIMORE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS HOW WE BURNED THE 'PHILADELPHIA' by BARRETT EASTMAN THE LAST BUCCANEER by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE TARRY BUCCANEER by JOHN MASEFIELD REUBEN JAMES by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE PIRATE STORY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BLOUDIE JACKE OF SHREWSBERRIE; THE SHROPSHIRE BLUEBEARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE WEDDING DAY; OR, THE BUCCANEER'S CURSE; A FAMILY LEGEND by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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