The Traveler's Tale #55 Poem by John Yaws

Ah, Faith! Another year is gone.
I've seen so many pass...
Aye, left a lot o' friends behind,
An' many lovely lass...

I bore the gladius o' Rome.
A gladiator, aye! !
'ail Caesar! We salute ye-
'oo are aboot to die!

An', aye, I sailed the Spanish Main...
Wi' Edward 'Bloody' Teach-
We raped an' pillaged every port,
Our frigate fair cou' reach.

I've seen the deck awash wi' gore,
An' 'eard the dyin' moans...
An' sent me share o' Grandees-
To lodge wi' Davy Jones!

I wore the bloomin' kepi...
O' the Strangers Legion, too...
An' died along wi' others-
At the farce a' Dien Bien Phu.

Aye, I cou' spin a hundred yarns-
But wha' would they avail?
The multitude will never 'ear-
Nor 'eed the Traveler's Tale.