S.J. Tucker - The Wendy Trilogy III – Green-eyed Sue/Sue's Jig lyrics

So Wendy'd got herself a crew
Of ruthless men and brave
And they'd terrorize the Lost Boys
Each and every Saturday
One day Wendy says to Peter
"I'd like more girls on my crew"
So Peter goes a hunting Lost Girls
And brings back Green-eyed Sue

Green Eyed Sue was feisty
Quite surly and quite sad
Called Suzy Rotten by her mum
And tomboy by her dad
At the chance to be a pirate
And call Peter Pan a friend
Her face lit up, her sadness fled
And she ne'er looked home again
She proudly followed Wendy
And she ne'er went home again
Sue becomes first mate
As she's the first Lost Girl to live upon
The ship and give to Wendy all
The spirit she can give
Smee at last retires with
Captain Jill's reprieve
It's graciously he goes
Too wise to show that he's relieved!

Peter keeps a hunting up Lost
Girls for Wendy's crew
The sailors take vacation time
With nothing else to do!
Sweet Wendy turns each girl into
A pirate before long
By teaching them survival, how to sail
And to be strong

Wendy's ship, it prospers
And the girls are eating well
A roving band of sisters
Singing songs and raising hell
The ship is full of pirates
But each one can keep her head
Due to this small miracle and
Thanks to Wendy's pirate school
Brand new tales of derring do
And Wendy start to spread

Wide-eyed children visit Neverland
Most every night, but now
New sorts of fans arrive to see
The boys and pirates fight
Kings and queens show up in Neverland
From all across the world
To see the only pirate ship
That's captained by a girl

Disarmed by this is Wendy
But she takes it in her stride
She bows to the queen of Sheba and
Shows off her crew with pride
A pirate dropping curtseys is rare
We realize
But she's sure to come up with a bawdy
Joke and a twinkle in her eyes
Lost Girls mind their Ps and Qs
With twinkles in their eyes

Recall now what I've said about
How fairies love to gab
This goes for every one from
Tinkerbell to old Queen Mab
One night on the horizon a new
Set of stars was born
And Neverland played host to folk who
Sail in fleets of silver boats
No stars were these
But the royal fleet of Titania and Oberon!

The king and queen of Faerie
Come to Neverland this night
In shining silver ships that run
On mischief and starlight
To meet this human girl child of
Whom the tales are sweet
And respectfully ask Wendy if she'll
Lead their royal fleet

Well, how can Wendy turn down such
An offer when it's made:
To sail the sky with fairies and
To lead their gay brigade!
She tells the ruling monarchs that
She'll gladly come and play
If her crew may keep their tourney
With the boys each Saturday

Wendy's made an admiral and
Rules the fairy band
Diplomat between the worlds of
Fae and Neverland
The crew are full delighted and
Make magic where they roam
But soon our admiral has thoughts
Of setting sail for home

Second star to the right does call
And Wendy hears it's song
She lets her brothers know she's
Headed home before too long
They meet with her in secret
To tell Peter Pan goodbye
Peter squares his jaw
And the Lost Boys try not to cry

Next night the ship sets sail out
To the edges of the sky
Wendy calls her crew on deck
And tells them her surprise
Above old London Town she bids
Them follow through the air
And invites them home to meet her
Mum and be her sisters there

Nearly all the crew let Wendy
Know they cannot wait
But stoic stand a handful
Including the first mate
Green-eyed Sue before her captain asks
To plainly speak her mind:
"It's sooner I'd lay down my life
Than leave this ship behind!"

"A simple life of growing up
Is surely not for me
Living as a sailor's been the
First time I am free
So by your leave dear Captain
I will be a pirate still
And carry on the legacy of
Our Red handed Jill!"

Wendy smiles a smile and says "I'll miss you
Dearest one but as this journey ends I see
A new one has begun!
So carry on as admiral and
Captain in my stead
Guide your crew with a steady hand
And always keep your head"

Thus Sue becomes the Captain
And begins another tale
Her bonny crew decide to teach the
Lost Boys how to sail
She rules the fleets of Faerie
And she reigns in Neverland
A pirate queen e'er hatching schemes
With Tink and Peter Pan

Tales are told of Sue and Wendy
To keep all girls' brothers kind
Unto their darling sisters for
If they are a mind
To torment and to torture and
To hair-pull and to tease
One night she might turn pirate and
Run off to sail the seas!

Not just for bonny brothers are
The tales of Green-eyed Sue
Such warning fables show each mom and
Dad a thing or two
If e'er your sweetling makes a
Cutlass from a cardboard tube
You'll ne'er berate nor tell her it's
A boy's game she pursues
The freer that you raise a mind
The brighter it will bloom
And ye'd rather have her home than
Off to join some scurvy crew

Or sail with the likes of Green-eyed Sue!