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29th March 2021, 06:06 PM
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Lumber schooner
LUMBER SCHOONER
Up aloft in a bosun's chair,
Tending lines that call for care.
We could search the ocean all around,
As we cast off lines at Puget Sound.
On deck we lashed the stacks of wood,
Aboard our ship the ROBIN HOOD.
Sails are set, out course is laid,
For the southern port of Adelaide.
A sunny day, the weather fine,
New pollywogs will cross the line.
King Neptune makes his presence known,
Aboard our schooner far from home.
The fog conceals the Pacific swell,
The albatross with us did dwell.
He soared aloft he did not tire,
Astern of us in endless gyre.
We had our days of rain and thunder,
But reached our port in the land down under.
We brought the spruce some pit props too,
Then rolling home returned to you.
Ian Adrian Millar
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29th March 2021, 06:57 PM
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Re: Lumber schooner
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30th March 2021, 04:31 PM
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Re: Lumber schooner
Originally Posted by
Ian Adrian Millar
LUMBER SCHOONER
Up aloft in a bosun's chair,
Tending lines that call for care.
We could search the ocean all around,
As we cast off lines at Puget Sound.
Ian Adrian Millar
Very nice, have many of us sailed into Puget Sound, and where is it?
Clue. We loaded deck lumber in Vancouver BC.
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 30th March 2021 at 07:33 PM.
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30th March 2021, 04:44 PM
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Re: Lumber schooner
was it chermainus den .....was there in 57 or 8 and told watch out for bears as we got off to find the log cabins for beer .....jeez any rustling in the bushes we were of like lintys .....devil take the hindmost best mate or not ......lol happy days
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30th March 2021, 06:21 PM
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Re: Lumber schooner
Sorry cappy, Chemainus is on Vancouver Island just south of me.
Lots of bears on the Island.
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30th March 2021, 07:30 PM
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Re: Lumber schooner
Cheers Dennis, a poetry lover and always wish to know more f the actual theme etc.
Again many thanks to Ian.
Regard's Keith
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30th March 2021, 07:35 PM
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Dennis McGuckin
Sorry cappy, Chemainus is on Vancouver Island just south of me.
Lots of bears on the Island.
Puget Sound - Wikipedia
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30th March 2021, 08:48 PM
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Now now Doc, that's cheating LOL.
Our friends to the south know it for the Seattle area/port. Or just the Pacific North West.
That really covers the State of Washington.
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31st March 2021, 12:38 AM
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Re: Lumber schooner
Not being local that way, all is of interest.
Thanks Doc and Dennis.
K.
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