Post by Administrator on Aug 15, 2018 11:36:19 GMT
Fidlers Green
When I told my dad
“I’m going to join the merchant navy”
He told me that I must be mad
Or at least a little crazy,
Those rough sailor blokes
Are the roughest blokes I’ve seen
I’ve seen them brawling in the pubs
All bound for “Fidlers Green”
A troop ship took you off to war
Crewed by those gallant men
How many of those “rough sailor men”
Were never seen again?”
Our island nation needed them
Those men that you deride
They braved the cold Atlantic sea
To dock on t’other side.
Young galley boys to skippers
From all corners of the land
They climbed aboard those merchant ships
To give a helping hand.
So, acknowledge those who gave their all
Let’s have a celebration
In honour of those sailor boys
Who died to save our Nation.
Many trained like me,
On the T.S. Vindicatrix
I was Lucky,I sailed the seas in peacetime
All part of the great matrix
I swaggered up the gangplank
With all with all the pride that I could muster
For fluttering at the stern was the magnificent
“Red Duster”
Proud to be part of Britains maritime history Brian J Chaplin R693929 2018
When I told my dad
“I’m going to join the merchant navy”
He told me that I must be mad
Or at least a little crazy,
Those rough sailor blokes
Are the roughest blokes I’ve seen
I’ve seen them brawling in the pubs
All bound for “Fidlers Green”
A troop ship took you off to war
Crewed by those gallant men
How many of those “rough sailor men”
Were never seen again?”
Our island nation needed them
Those men that you deride
They braved the cold Atlantic sea
To dock on t’other side.
Young galley boys to skippers
From all corners of the land
They climbed aboard those merchant ships
To give a helping hand.
So, acknowledge those who gave their all
Let’s have a celebration
In honour of those sailor boys
Who died to save our Nation.
Many trained like me,
On the T.S. Vindicatrix
I was Lucky,I sailed the seas in peacetime
All part of the great matrix
I swaggered up the gangplank
With all with all the pride that I could muster
For fluttering at the stern was the magnificent
“Red Duster”
Proud to be part of Britains maritime history Brian J Chaplin R693929 2018