All hands on deck

Daddy took me to the Glasgow Riverside Museum today to see the tall ship Glenlee. I had great fun exploring and learning all about life on board ... I reckon I'd have preferred being captain rather than a deckhand though!


"One with a broken heart
to weep sad buckets.

Two with four blue eyes
to mirror the sea.

One with a salty tongue
to swear at a pirate.

Two with four green eyes
to mirror the sea.

One with a wooden leg
to dance on a gangplank.

Two with four grey eyes
to mirror the sea.

Luff! Leech! Clew! Tack!
Off to sea! Won’t be back!"

(Carol Ann Duffy - from How many sailors to sail a ship?)