An Ode to Qingdao

An Ode To Qingdao

The Owl and Pussy Cat

By Edward Lear

Adapted for The Ellen McArthur Cancer Trust

By Gail Nathan

The Owl and the Pussy Cat went to sea,

In a red 'n gold Clipper boat,

With their friend Bernie who was from Killernie,

They all hoped to stay afloat!

The owl looked up to the sky above,

And prayed and chanted and prayed,

O lovely sea gods, O sea gods please tell, 

Where's the guiding  Mermaid ,  Mermaid 

Where's the guiding Mermaid?

Pussy said to the owl "You silly old fowl",

No such creature does exist,

So sad to see, nigh on a year at sea 

And you've damn well gone 'round the twist',

They raced away for many a day,

Through the lands where the wind gods blew,

Around  wind hole to wind hole  they planned and they plotted

But alas it wasn't to be spotted

Around the world  at a pace, a pace,

Around the world at a pace.

They fought to the last, oh what a blast,

Into New York they did race, they did race,

Beaten into the land of the free, 

In front of the Statue of Liberty, Liberty,

But Owl and Pussy were too cunning a crew,

And Bernie from Killernie too,

As they sail away to Derry Londonderry,  

A new plan they have to race,to race 

A new plan they have to race.