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Mr Ormsby At Large

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Nauti Buoys

Black Tot Day: rum rations for sailors abolished 45 years ago ...

While sailors open drums of rum

To swig below the decks

Indulgent captains who succumb

Are often found in wrecks

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Pen Knife

The pen is mightier than the sword…

A proposition best ignored

For, seldom it’s a Bic we need

Whilst battling pirates who can’t read

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