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.
tarquin. The term used for a pompous little posh boy who strolls around uni with wavy hair and wearing a jack wills shirt and a gillet. Daddy has obviously sent this little weasel to private school and has spoilt him throughout his life.arquin. The term used for a pompous little posh boy who strolls around uni with wavy hair and wearing a jack wills shirt and a gillet. Daddy has obviously sent this little weasel to private school and has spoilt him throughout his life.