Post by Administrator on Nov 2, 2019 18:29:26 GMT
MY HEROES
Speak not to me of Heroes unless they served at sea,
Men that have the Nelson touch - they’re the ones for me,
They sailed the coast of England and all the globe around,
Saviours of our country that our blue lanes surround.
Whether past or future - Admiral or not,
Takes a special breed of man to take a sailors lot,
From wooden ships and iron men sent out to explore,
To keeping lifelines flowing in desperate times of war.
Oiling wheels of commerce fighting all the way,
Engaging with the enemy - the weather everyday,
Steaming in the convoys risking life and limb,
Or sailing bowsprit under at a typhoon’s whim.
The hardy Western Ocean men you cannot disregard,
Or those that manned the tea clippers reefing on the yard,
Maybe in a submarine in claustrophobic space,
Perhaps upon an oil rig in a God forsaken place.
The pilots and the tug men that work the clock around,
At the end of voyages docking safe and sound,
Lifeboat crews and fishermen - all that do their share,
So take me back to sea boys - my heroes are all there.
Joe Earl
Speak not to me of Heroes unless they served at sea,
Men that have the Nelson touch - they’re the ones for me,
They sailed the coast of England and all the globe around,
Saviours of our country that our blue lanes surround.
Whether past or future - Admiral or not,
Takes a special breed of man to take a sailors lot,
From wooden ships and iron men sent out to explore,
To keeping lifelines flowing in desperate times of war.
Oiling wheels of commerce fighting all the way,
Engaging with the enemy - the weather everyday,
Steaming in the convoys risking life and limb,
Or sailing bowsprit under at a typhoon’s whim.
The hardy Western Ocean men you cannot disregard,
Or those that manned the tea clippers reefing on the yard,
Maybe in a submarine in claustrophobic space,
Perhaps upon an oil rig in a God forsaken place.
The pilots and the tug men that work the clock around,
At the end of voyages docking safe and sound,
Lifeboat crews and fishermen - all that do their share,
So take me back to sea boys - my heroes are all there.
Joe Earl