"A Pirate's Tale" is an original song from "The Whale Episode" of Sid the Science Kid. Susie sings the song from the point a view of a pirate captain who tries to measure a whale using non-standard measurement - using the height of two crew members, the width of the sails and lenght of his ship.
Lyrics[]
- GATHER ‘ROUND, MATEYS
- AND LISTEN TO ME
- COME HEAR MY PIRATE’S TALE
- ABOUT OUR ADVENTURE OUT ON THE SEA
- WHEN WE WENT TO MEASURE A WHALE
- WE HAD NO YARDSTICKS
- AND NO RULERS
- AMONG OUR GOOD SHIP’S TREASURE
- BUT BY USING THE THINGS WE HAD ON BOARD
- WE FOUND A WAY TO MEASURE
- BY USING THINGS WE HAD ON BOARD
- WE FOUND A NEW WAY TO MEASURE
- YOU SEE WE HAD TWIN COOKS, 2 TINY BLOKES
- THEIR NAMES WERE JOE AND JIM
- IF YOU STOOD THEM TOGETHER WELL THEY WERE AS TALL
- AS OUR CAPTAIN PANAMA SLIM
- AND WE HAD 3 SAILS TO CATCH THE WIND
- TO HELP US ON OUR TRIP
- AND THE 3 OF THOSE SAILS SIDE BY SIDE
- EQUALED THE SIZE OF THE SHIP
- THE 3 OF THOSE SAILS SIDE BY SIDE
- EQUALED THE SIZE OF THE SHIP
- ONE DAY WE SPIED THAT WHALE OF A WHALE
- AND SAILED ALONG BESIDE HER
- WE PULLED UP VERY CLOSE TO HER
- AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO RIDE HER
- HOW BIG WAS SHE? OH, SHE WAS BIG
- I’M TELLING YOU NO TALE
- WE SAW THAT OUR SHIP WAS EXACTLY THE SIZE
- OF THAT WHALE OF A WHALE
- OH, WE FOUND A VALUABLE TREASURE
- AND BACK HOME THAT TREASURE WENT
- THE TREASURE WE FOUND WAS HOW TO USE NON-STANDARD MEASUREMENT
- THE TREASURE WE FOUND WAS HOW TO USE NON-STANDARD MEASUREMENT
Credits[]
- Music and Lyrics by Mike Himelstein