Now, here is our texus receptus:
I'm a sailor peg
And I've lost my leg
Climbing up the top sails
I've lost my leg!
I'm shipping up to Boston, whoa
I'm shipping up to Boston, whoa
I'm shipping up to Boston, whoa
I'm shipping off to find my wooden leg
Question for debate. Did he have a wooden leg, and lost it climbing up the topsail? Or, as I like to think,did he lose his flesh-and-blood leg by getting it caught in a rope, therefore requiring him to get a wooden leg made in Boston?
Please discuss.