In the United States Margaritaville reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart, also peaking at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Billboard ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single.
Bare bodkin is the salient point (no pun intended) of this line, so it gets the stresses. This creates a pyrrhic/spondee/iamb/iamb/iamb rhythm. Bodkin at the time meant a sharp instrument, much like an awl, used for punching holes in leather.
bollard. 1  Nautical A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers. 2  One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. 3  A projecting bulge of snow or ice used as an anchor for a rope in mountaineering.