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-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.
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