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.
cravat. noun craÂ·vat \krÉ-Ëvat\. Tweet. : a short, wide piece of cloth that is worn around the neck by men with its ends tucked inside the collar of a shirt or sweater.ravat. noun craÂ·vat \krÉ-Ëvat\. Tweet. : a short, wide piece of cloth that is worn around the neck by men with its ends tucked inside the collar of a shirt or sweater.