Of course, Genevieve asked what they meant by "f-word." Shocking, really--haven't we been through this before? Her mother had to remind her: "That's just a song about a mother who is tired of hearing her child say 'this isn't fair' and 'that's not fair' so she sings a song about it."There are pirates in their fetid galleons
Daggers in their skivvies
With infected tattooed fingers
On a blunderbuss or two
Signs of scurvy in their eyes
And only mermaids on their minds
It's from them I would expect to hear The F-word, not from you
We sit down to have a chat
It's F-word this and F-word that
I can't control how you young people
Talk to one another
But I don't wanna hear you use
That F-word with your mother...
Saturday, June 6, 2009
The f word again
The same night that Reesa and I were telling a ghost story while at Quaker camp, Genevieve and She-Who-Loves-Songs were out at the sing-a-long, and up came this one from local favorites Lou and Peter Berryman:
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Have you seen the Sesame Street episode with Tina Fey about the "Bookaneers"? They play off the "what's a pirate's favorite letter" joke (not "arrrrrrrrrr" -- you're just playing into stereotypes) with the answer "F." Then the muppet says, "Pirates love f-words." You know, like fish and flugelhorn. It's among my favorite episodes.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, enjoying your blog on a referral from Heather White -- I'm at juniandpip.blogspot.com.