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.
Full Tom - unneutered male cat; this term is used to distinguish intact males from neutered males now that the term gib has largely fallen into disuse. Gib - a castrated male cat; most people use the term a neuter instead. Guardian - another politically correct term for a pet cat's owner or a feral cat's caregiver. Half-pedigree - a term only used by owners; means a cat with one pedigree parent. In true terms, a half-pedigree cat is still a moggy since a cat either is a pedigree cat or is not one, there are no half-measures.