Robinson Crusoe's Confession by Ken McGoogan

ROBINSON CRUSOE’S CONFESSION

Once upon a magic, mild and misty morning
I did spy a pirate ship sailing for our island
So I called to Friday and said what do you think?
I fear if we stay here, we will surely die
For if we do say hi, they will murder us
As pirates are wont to do, Here we will surely die

Friday said Don’t worry, I will find a way to
Signal them that we’re here, alive, well and waiting
To be disabused of innocence and treasure
But then we will trick them, just you wait and see
We’ll defeat them, you and me
We will teach them not to mess with Robinson
Crusoe, Just you wait and see

So we hung a big net from the tallest palm tree
When those dirty pirates came ashore we dropped them
Over their surprised heads, made them yell and holler
They did not think much of swinging in the air
They did curse and they did swear
We took their ship sailed away, looked back and saw them
There, Swinging in the air

Now when I remember the awful way we treated them
I do feel quite badly, though I will survive it
Friday says Don’t worry, just revise the story
Write that we were rescued by a sailing ship
Oh, what an apocalypse
And so to make it real I write it down, insist we were
Saved by a sailing ship