Shel Silverstein’s Underwater Land
Underwater Land is a CD of marine-themed children’s songs, and it was Shel Silverstein’s last musical project before his death in 1999. The Silverstein estate has finally released the album as both a CD and MP3 download, and both can be purchased from the Underwater Land project website, where you can also hear samples of several of the songs. The CD comes with a 32 page booklet featuring the lyrics of all 17 songs and previously unpublished Silverstein illustrations, and the download comes with a PDF version.
Underwater Land contains two cephalopod-themed songs: “Cuttlefish” and “Captain Octopus.” On the website you can hear a sample of “Captain Octopus” which is about all the different things an eight-armed sailor could do at once. Here’s excerpt of the lyrics…
And he can…
Raise the flag,
And paint the mast,
And lower the boom,
And polish the brass,
Squeeze the Juice,
And shine the boots,
And iron the captain’s sailor suit,
And still have one hand free
To give a salute.
(Via BoingBoing)
Tags: octopus, pirate, Shel Silverstein, Underwater Land
