Francis 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 around London Town,

He knew Queen Liz would stop them all

from writing his exploits down.

 

With his flowing raven tresses

and his jaunty pierced ear,

He was a smiling handsome rogue,

But his name engendered fear.

 

He held life cheap

He slaved, he murdered

And so I wonder

Why he’s lauded?

 

Drake sold many Africans,

slaughtered men of God,

Massacred the elderly, women and children

and 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!