Archie, The Grumpy Whale

Raise your glasses finest lads

Champions of wind and sail

We're here this day to give a toast

To Archie, the grumpy whale.

For he had chased our tiny ship

Across the bounding main

Some towhead sent a harpoon

At his love near the coast of Spain

He chased us with a scowl he did

And nearly flipped us o'er

We was proper chastened

And bothered her no more

There was a storm a brewin'

Off the coast of Charleston town

We ladled him some Frogmore stew

Then hoisted him a crown

Now a tasty treat of the locals

Was a shrimpy tasty brew

Yummy crabs,corny cobs, chubby taters too

Became the Frogmore stew

For when he ate the fancy goop

Even just a tiny sip

Archie leaped so high up from the depths

That he gave a mighty flip

Huge was the wave he created

It drove the storm away

Now we raise a toast to his memory

Have done so til this day.

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March
2024

Frogmore stew is a well known dish in South Carolina.....another little scribble from the Penny Poets.....Best Wishes to all.....Stu Harrell

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