Longshore

We picks up bits o' wreckage,

From Pentire to Port Quin,

An' longshore to Tregardock

Sad store be washin' in.

'Tis planks an' crates an' life belts

An' bits o' shattered spar,

Come whishtly in to mind us

That we be set to war.

Off shore about the Channel

The boats go east an' west;

In shore we'm busy fishin'

The grounds we know the best.

The farmer saves his harvest,

The childer happy play,

It seems as foes an' fightin'

Must all be far away.

But bits o' wreck come tellin'

That while so safe we be,

There's death an' turble danger

Awaitin' in the sea.

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O may the Lord of sailors,

Whose watches never cease,

Guide them thro' all the dangers

Into the Port of Peace.