The Voyage Of The Endurance
Now that I am on a real computer and can type out the whole thing. This is a bit longer than would be ideal, I think, but there's so many exciting bits to the story! I noticed while typing it out that I start a lot of lines with "But..."; not sure if that's something I should try to remedy or just a natural result of the format.
Also, can you guess which one is my favorite line? You are right, it is the one where I get to sing "for SCIENCE!!!"
The Voyage of the Endurance (to the tune of "The Bonnie Ship, The Diamond")
'Twas early in the century
The world prepared for war
But Shackleton intended the Antarctic to explore.
Some men sail for profit
Some sail for renown
But this one sailed for Science and the glory of the Crown.
Through the icebergs that clash, through the great waves that roll,
The mighty ship Endurance went a-sailing for the Pole.
The whalermen had warned them
That the ice would be severe
They were still above the Circle when the first floes did appear
Still bravely they sailed southward
But soon they were beset
Imprisoned in the heaving ice, but not defeated yet
Through the icebergs...
They whiled away the winter
Drifting 'cross the Weddell Sea
When finally the sun arose, they thought they'd soon be free
But the mounting pressure of the ice
Was more than she could bear
In just days the stout Endurance was crushed beyond repair
Through the icebergs...
They loaded up the lifeboats
With provisions piled high
They watched her sink beneath the ice as, helpless, they stood by
The men camped on an icefloe
Let it take them where it would
It brought them near an island before breaking up for good.
Through the icebergs...
But the cold and barren isle was
Inhospitable to man
So Shackleton devised another daring rescue plan.
He'd sail eight hundred miles
'Cross the world's most stormy sea
To the whalers on South Georgia he would make his earnest plea.
Through the icebergs...
A thousand times the pounding waves
Near sank the tiny boat
They lost most of their gear and food, yet somehow stayed afloat
When the party reached South Georgia
Thirst-tormented and sore
They realized the whaler-camp was on the further shore.
Through the icebergs...
They scaled the craggy mountains
And crossed crevasses deep
They stumbled into whaler-camp half-crazed from lack of sleep
The whalers were astonished
When these strange men came in view
Soon Shackleton secured a ship to rescue all his crew
Through the icebergs...
Let Shackleton's Antarctic fame
For centuries survive
For with all their trials and troubles, every man came back alive!
Also, can you guess which one is my favorite line? You are right, it is the one where I get to sing "for SCIENCE!!!"
The Voyage of the Endurance (to the tune of "The Bonnie Ship, The Diamond")
'Twas early in the century
The world prepared for war
But Shackleton intended the Antarctic to explore.
Some men sail for profit
Some sail for renown
But this one sailed for Science and the glory of the Crown.
Through the icebergs that clash, through the great waves that roll,
The mighty ship Endurance went a-sailing for the Pole.
The whalermen had warned them
That the ice would be severe
They were still above the Circle when the first floes did appear
Still bravely they sailed southward
But soon they were beset
Imprisoned in the heaving ice, but not defeated yet
Through the icebergs...
They whiled away the winter
Drifting 'cross the Weddell Sea
When finally the sun arose, they thought they'd soon be free
But the mounting pressure of the ice
Was more than she could bear
In just days the stout Endurance was crushed beyond repair
Through the icebergs...
They loaded up the lifeboats
With provisions piled high
They watched her sink beneath the ice as, helpless, they stood by
The men camped on an icefloe
Let it take them where it would
It brought them near an island before breaking up for good.
Through the icebergs...
But the cold and barren isle was
Inhospitable to man
So Shackleton devised another daring rescue plan.
He'd sail eight hundred miles
'Cross the world's most stormy sea
To the whalers on South Georgia he would make his earnest plea.
Through the icebergs...
A thousand times the pounding waves
Near sank the tiny boat
They lost most of their gear and food, yet somehow stayed afloat
When the party reached South Georgia
Thirst-tormented and sore
They realized the whaler-camp was on the further shore.
Through the icebergs...
They scaled the craggy mountains
And crossed crevasses deep
They stumbled into whaler-camp half-crazed from lack of sleep
The whalers were astonished
When these strange men came in view
Soon Shackleton secured a ship to rescue all his crew
Through the icebergs...
Let Shackleton's Antarctic fame
For centuries survive
For with all their trials and troubles, every man came back alive!