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Once there was a Pirate Poodle, / And he sailed the briny seas / From the land of Yankee Doodle / Southward to the Caribbees.
He would boast with tales outlandish, / Of his valor and renown; / And his cutlass he would brandish / With a fearful pirate frown.
So ferocious was his manner / All his crew looked on, aghast; / And his fearful pirate banner / Floated from his pirate mast.
He reiterated proudly / Naught had power to make him quail; / Yet when thunder roared _too_ loudly / He would turn a trifle pale.
And he turned a little paler / When there came a sudden squall; / For this funny little sailor / Was ridiculously small.
And whene'er a storm portended / He'd betake himself below. / So much fear and courage blended / Did a pirate ever show?