The Ballad of the Wiggly Clan, part I

A tale told far , a tale told long
Of four brothers strong
Of four brothers brave
Of four brothers together in the grave

It was a tale of the Wiggly clan,
And the brothers four
From birth they were alone
And only four

Wiggly Stevens was the oldest by far,
And obstinate, as most men are
In his decisions he was right, and never did falter
Having made up his mind, he never would alter
Took to the bars, looking for fight,
Took to the bars, always at night,
And when a gent forced himself upon some dame
Then good obstinate Wiggly Stevens, enforced his name

From across the room, there was a commotion
A dame, and a gent, both locked in a motion
It seemed indeed the man was bent,
on bothering the lady, so away Stevens went.

Stepped in the fray to save the lass
Not realizing it was her theft which caused the clash
Steven’s took out his knife, to assault the gent
But when reason failed, to the floor Steven’s went

By the blade of his own knife, was Obstinate Steven’s killed
But also betrayed by his too stubborn will
Never listened to reason, or thoughts not his own
Never once considered the truth, unknown

Oh dear Obstinate Wiggly Stevens:
Went to a bar,
And pushed the wrong fight
Got in a brawl
And lost his life.

Then went the line,
As so it does
To the next Wiggly Brother
And so it was:

Brave Wiggly Sail, was the next youngest kin
Raised off alone, by adventurous men
When he was raised, he set his sights on the sea
In search of what no one else could see
“I know of a far land, where riches are bound
To seek my hand, and fortunes renowned”

Crazy were his thoughts, said people all the same
But brave Wiggly Sail knew his name.
“I am brave Wiggly Sail, the bravest of all,
And what you cannot see, I will show you all.
Riches galore, and adventure to seek,
I’ll show you all, and this promise I will keep.”

And so he set, on his journey far away
Guided by his ship, the trusty Nora Dae
But lo, did he look west, when his fear came from east,
A storm brewing trouble, out in the deep

Six fathoms out, the storm he did meet
When the last thing on his mind, was to retreat
Brave Wiggly Sail, fought flash and boom both
But both Sail and the crew, knew what was wrote

A flash in the sky, was all to explain
As it struck the boat, amidst the pouring rain
It struck Brave Wiggly Sail’s ship with such a crash,
The mast split in two, and hit waves with a splash

It went on through the night
And with the rising sun’s ray,
There was not a sight
Of brave Wiggly Sail, Nor his ship, Nora Dae

Brave Adventurous Wiggly Sail
Fought the storm, and ended his tale
Went off in search of adventures galore,
But came back, dead, floating ashore

...to be continued