Monday, January 5, 2015

The Portuguese Main in Old Movies

Lawrence Hall
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The Portuguese Main in Old Movies

Why don’t the Portuguese have their own main?
Errol Flynn fights only Spanish baddies
Who twirl their moustaches in sneering disdain
But the villains are never Portuguese laddies
When ships do battle on Warner’s sound stage
The English are haughty, the Spanish snooty
Prince Henry’s brave men are never the rage
And the heroine is never a Lisboan beauty
Harken unto this repeated refrain:
Why don’t the Portuguese have their own main?

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