UltraHamster64@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWey hey and up she riseslemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down11
arrow-up1216arrow-down1imageWey hey and up she riseslemmy.worldUltraHamster64@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoHe was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter.
minus-squareStoneyDcrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 months agoHe was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter. He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter, Early in the morning!
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoI always wondered if it’s implied that she’s ugly or that the sailor will get in trouble with the captain.
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoThe “captain’s daughter” was a euphemism for the cat o’ nine tails. So in other words, that line meant give the drunken sailor a lashing as punishment.
minus-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoYooo really?? I never knew, always interpreted it literally
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoThat sounds like something a prude would invent to reconcile their strict moral code with their desire to join in singing sea shanties.
He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter.
He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter.
He was found in bed with the Captain’s daughter,
Early in the morning!
I always wondered if it’s implied that she’s ugly or that the sailor will get in trouble with the captain.
The “captain’s daughter” was a euphemism for the cat o’ nine tails. So in other words, that line meant give the drunken sailor a lashing as punishment.
Yooo really?? I never knew, always interpreted it literally
That sounds like something a prude would invent to reconcile their strict moral code with their desire to join in singing sea shanties.
I think it’s the latter