Memories of liverpool.

[Captain Kong]

Author unknown.

Ten thousand miles and a world away
Captain Kong `on his death bed lay,
Alone and forgotten lying there
he softly whispered this dying prayer.

Oh take me back to my younger days
To the old Pier Head and the Landing Stage.
Where the Liver Birds with gaze serene
look down upon the bustling scene.

Where the double decker trams roll by
their trolleys swinging in the sky,
and homeward Dockers wearily tread
underneath the Overhead.

The busy ferry boats leave the Stage
rolling and bumping on the waves.
Fighting hard against the tide
all the way to the other side.

Dockers in long greasy coats
horses and carts on the luggage boats
Buckets and spades in grubby hands
heading for New Brighton sands

Banana boats and liners tall
moored together along the Wall.
Copra, cotton and sugar cane
barges loading up with grain.

Wet Nellies and great mugs of tea
in the Cocoa rooms by the old Goree
Coolies parading down Scotland Road
dressed in Paddy`s Market clothes.

Gone is the Liverpool that I knew
Gone are all my old friends too
The trams, the horses and the floats
Gone are all the Cunard boats.

Oh take me back to the old Pier Head
to ride once more on the Overhead
To sign on at the Pool again
Kongs last trip down Memory Lane.

With appologies to the original author

[Captain Kong]

[B]
A SAILOR DIED TODAY
.
He was getting old and skinny
and his hair was falling fast
and he sat around the alehouse
telling stories about the past.

of a war that he had fought in
and the deeds that he had done
in his exploits with his buddies
heroes everyone

and tho`sometimes to his neighbours
his tales became a joke
all his buddies listened
for they knew whereof he spoke

But we`ll here his tales no longer
for an old Sailor has passed away
and the worlds a little poorer
for a sailor died today.

He wont be mourned by many
just his children and his wife
for he lived a very ordinary
very quiet sort of life

He held a job and raised a family
quietly going on his way
and the world won`t note his passing
tho` a Sailor died today

[Jim Brady]

Nice one Brian,having trouble with the Wi-Fi here in Croatia I'm here for the next two weeks so hope I can keep in touch.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Captain Kong]

Enjoy your trip Jim,
Bring us a stick of rock back
Cheers
Brian.

[happy daze john in oz]

Enjoy your trip Jim,
Bring us a stick of rock back
Cheers
Brian.

Croatia? Just make sure the stick of rock does not have a fuse sticking out of it.