Frances Drake

 

Sir Frances Drake was a pirate

 Who sailed the seven seas,

He robbed King Phil of Spain,

To fund his life of ease.

 

With a yo ho ho

And a bottle of beer

He swaggered round London Town

He knew Queen Liz would stop them all from writing his exploits down.

 

With his lush raven tresses

And his jaunty pierced ear

He was a smiling handsome rogue,

Whose name engendered fear.

 

He held life cheap

He slaved, he murdered

And so I wonder

Why he’s lauded?

 

Drake sold Africans,

Excommunicated men of God,

Massacred the elderly, women and Children

In fact was a thoroughly unpleasant sod.

 

And now we celebrate his life,

 Raise a glass to his nautical feats,

And I wonder when history books will say

Sir Francis Drake...... was a murderous beast!