DON'T OWN, DON'T SUE
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This was inspired by a British ballad known as "The House Carpenter" (also known as "The Daemon Lover" and "James Harris") but more specifically by Bob Dylan's and Joan Baez's interpretations of the ballad. I fused the two songs together and added some parts off another Version of the ballad, added some "original" stanzas and changed several words here and there. So this was really written by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, "Mr. (or Mrs/Miss) Anonymous" and myself.
This poem is a dialogue between Will Turner and Elizabeth NORRINGTON (yes, you read correctly so obviously AU and only really follows the first movie... sort of) and some parts are the Narrator "speaking", this means you have to pay close attention to the quotation marks. Elizabeth has married James Norrington (there are also three little Norringtons, two girls and one boy in that order) and Will has been living the pirates' life. One night out of the blue Will shows up at the Norrington's home with a proposal that Mrs. Norrington can't refuse.
I guess you should also know that I'm a Norribeth shipper and I HATE Willabeth ;-)
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The King's Commodore
"Well met, well met, my own true love."
"Well met, well met," cried She.
"I've just returned from the salt salt sea
All for the love of thee.
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I could have married a Titan's daughter, dear,
She would have married me
But I have forsaken her coffers of gold
All for the love of thee."
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"Well if you could've married his Atlantis, dear,
I'm sure you are to blame
For I am married to a king's commodore
And find him an hon'rable man."
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"Forsake, forsake your king's commodore
And come sail away with me.
Ill take you to where the grass grows green,
Where we shall dwell eternally."
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"But if I should leave my husband, dear,
My daughters, and infant son,
What have you got to maintain me on,
If I with thee should go?"
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"Six ships, six ships, all out on the sea,
Seven more upon dry land,
One hundred and ten dauntless corsairs
Will be at your command."
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So up she picked her sleeping babes
And gave 'em kisses one, two, three,
Saying, "take good care of your papa while I'm gone
and keep him good company."
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And she did put on her rich attire,
Pearls glorious to behold,
And as she trod along the fine white sand,
She shown like the glittering gold.
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Well they were sailing about two weeks,
I'm sure it was not three,
When the younger of the girls she came on deck
And wept most bitterly.
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And when she saw her spectral child
from her slumber she arose
For it caused her such a grievous pain
she could ne'er repose.
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"Well, are you weeping for your house and gold,
Or the Commodore you'll see no more?"
"Well I'm not weeping for my king's commodore.
I'm weeping for my babies three."
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The sky grew dark and fright'ning to behold.
The winds began to rage,
And as lightning split the air so damp and cold,
The ocean waves did swell.
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Oh twice around went the pirate ship
I'm sure it was not three
When the ship all of a sudden
It sprung leak, ne'er to sail the seas.
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"Oh what are those hills yonder my love?
They look as white as snow."
"Those are the hills of heaven my love
That you and I will never know."
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"Oh what are those hills yonder my love,
They look as dark as night."
"Those are the hills of hellfire my love
Where you and I will remain."
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Well the Gallant sailed about four weeks
I'm sure it was not five.
When the buccaneer ship it sprung a leak
The commodore's ship was nearby.
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One time around spun the commodore's ship
Two times around spun she
Two times around spun the Gallant's sails
And found no sign of She.
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I'm writing a story based on this which will give much more detail than this poem but I'm listing the poem as "complete" because I won't be finishing the story anytime soon unless I get A LOT of encouragement.
Thanks for reading this and please R&R ^_^
11/26/09
74 hits and 0 reviews?! sad day :(