allsoundsasscreed:

Civilian: Mademoiselle Aveline, we have a problem that needs a woman’s touch–a question of supply and demand.

Aveline: True. We are in short supply in New Orleans.

Civilian: No. I, uh, meant, er, raw materials–tobacco, cotton, sugar. The enemy has won over a key producer: Monsieur Marcantell. He is famously social, but one needs a certain charm, grace, and status to move in his circle.

Aveline: I’ll manufacture a reason to pay him a visit.

allsoundsasscreed:

Catherine: You must be Connor! We’ve been raring to finally meet you! My name’s Catherine and this is Diana. We’re the wives of those two blockheads who cut trees.

Diana: Nice to meet you! We’ve heard so much of you from the boys. Glad to finally put a face to the name.

Connor: The pleasure is mine.

Catherine: We were just discussing how nice this bit of territory is, on a river with nobody upstream. I won’t lie, Godfrey’s letter had me a little worried but now that we’re here and settled, I must say I’m rather happy.

Diana: They had us on this plot north of Champlain that was a tangle of rock and bramble. Horrible place. It’s a real treat to be able to walk up the hill and take in the ocean.

Connor: Your husbands must keep you busy.

Catherine: Ha! Nothing we can’t handle, Connor. The boys think they run the show, but the real bosses are standing right in front of you.

Connor: I do not doubt it.

Edward: Quartermaster. What’s our present Course?

Anne: Due west, Captain. If it’s still Kingston we’re sailing for.

Edward: It is indeed, Miss Bonny. Call it out.

Anne: Weigh Anchor and let fall the Courses, Lads! We’re sailing for Jamaica!

Happy International Women’s Day and birthday Anne Bonny!
☼ 8 March 1702
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“Limerick Race” (lyrics from Traditional Music)

I’m a simple Irish lass, I’ve resolved to see some fun, sirs,
So to satisfy my mind, to Limerick town I come, sir;
Mother, what a perfect place, and what a charming city,
Where the boys are all so free, and the girls are all so pretty!

Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!

It was on the first of May, when I began me rambles,
When everything was there, both jaunting car and gambols;
I looked along the road, what was lined with smiling faces,
All driving off ding-a-dong to go and see the races.

Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!

So then I was resolved to go and see the race, sir.
And on a coach and four neatly took my place, sir;
When a chap bawls out: ‘Behind I’ and the coachman dealt a blow, sir;
Faith he pit me just as fair as if his eyes were in his poll, sir.

Musha ring a ding a da, ri too ral laddy, Oh!
Musha ring a ding a da, a too ral laddy, Oh!

allsoundsasscreed:

“Well, bless my boots, you’re as purple as… a PLUM!”

“I only said, as purple as a PLUM!”

“Although some PLUMS are green!”

“I don’t mean a plumber, I mean a PLUM!”

“If only I had a PLUM!”

“A PLUM, a PLUM, my workshop for a PLUM!”

“PLUM! PLUM!

PLUM!

PLUM!

PLUM!

PLUM!

PLUM!”