Ships

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from an Italian port
Aboard this massive ship.

Not the kind of list anyone wants to be on. Pic: AFP.

The crew was a bunch of useless hacks
The skipper craven and poor
3,206 passengers set sail that day
For a five day tour, a five day tour.

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  • elhombre says:

    03:32pm | 20/01/12

    The only thing “not quite right with that” acotrel is your grasp of history. Russia has not been communist since 1991! Do try to keep up. Read more »

  • Jeremy says:

    12:50pm | 18/01/12

    The song doesn’t mention people dying? This is a song about ineptitude, not death. Though I did have to watch the clip to remember how the darn tune went. Read more »

 

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