Post by Administrator on Nov 7, 2019 17:38:23 GMT
GATHERED HERE
Once again gathered here - we count the cost and flow,
Of those that crossed the bar - the men we used to know,
Although perhaps we shed a tear at setting of their sun,
Let’s celebrate the life they led - a voyage home now run.
In battles lost with foe, or ancient year’s last mile,
It’s how a life was lived that makes a man worthwhile,
Those that went some time ago, we remember still,
Upholding debt of gratitude boding no one ill.
Others gone more recently our grief we now defend,
A legacy astern - for nought goes with us in the end,
For each of us our day will come, and then your God may say,
“Welcome Shellback, come aboard - your friends are left to pray“.
Joe Earl
Once again gathered here - we count the cost and flow,
Of those that crossed the bar - the men we used to know,
Although perhaps we shed a tear at setting of their sun,
Let’s celebrate the life they led - a voyage home now run.
In battles lost with foe, or ancient year’s last mile,
It’s how a life was lived that makes a man worthwhile,
Those that went some time ago, we remember still,
Upholding debt of gratitude boding no one ill.
Others gone more recently our grief we now defend,
A legacy astern - for nought goes with us in the end,
For each of us our day will come, and then your God may say,
“Welcome Shellback, come aboard - your friends are left to pray“.
Joe Earl