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.
2. : something resembling a bag: as a (1) : a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ; especially: udder (2) : a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin b: a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth c: a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball.3. : the amount contained in a bag.4.. : something resembling a bag: as a (1) : a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ; especially: udder (2) : a puffy or sagging protuberance of flabby skin b: a puffed-out sag or bulge in cloth c: a square white stuffed canvas bag used to mark a base in baseball.