The Ballad of John Smith and Pocahontas

Some ‘ud say to be called Smith is rather boring

And what is more, to then be christened John

But a chap with such a name was destined for great fame

An explorer and a hero, all in one.

Just a farmer’s son from Willoughby near Alford

For many years he sailed the Spanish main

Amassed a fortune soldiering in Turkey

Then adventure beckoned westwards once again.

Plans to colonise Virginia for profit

Brought Captain Smith to land at Chesapeake

Soon settling in the spot we know as Jamestown

That grew along the shores beyond the creek.

Yet times were tough and many folks were starving

Apart from this they’d neighbour trouble too,

Some Indians of Powhatan were bruising for a fight

They  weren’t too fond of anybody new.

Now Captain Smith then tried his best to calm things

He went to have a parley with the chief.

But some redskin with a knife tried to finish off his life

And poor John lay there shaking like a leaf.

Yet one amongst the natives gathered round him

The daughter of the Chief, was most concerned.

She threw herself across his shakin’ body

As John Smith said, “I think me luck has turned.”

Now the maiden who had saved him, Pocahontas

Had kept him from a scalpin’ to be sure.

Soon the rumours started spreading that there soon could be a wedding

And together they would be for evermore.

But I tell you sommat now, that’s noat but rubbish

And Disney, they’re the folks we have to blame

For some other fella married Pocahontas

A tobacco planter, Thomas Wolfe 'is name.

So you cant believe the things you see at ‘pictures

Pocahontas  simply wasn’t  John Smith’s date

For starters when they met she was eleven

And Captain Smith, were pushing twenty-eight!