Bury me in Liverpool Bay............

[Captain Kong]

Does anyone know of the Poem,

Bury me in Liverpool Bay
So I can go home twice a day......

Cheers
Brian

[Keith at Tregenna]

Not what you sought, but still searching:

Adding for your info - interest etc

K.

LIVERPOOL BAY – John E. M. Sumner

The strong salt winds at Liverpool
That sweep across the Bay
Once brought the great proud ships of old
With teak from Mandalay,
With bars of gold from lands untold,
With cloves from Zanzibar,
With tea and jute from Chittagong
And rubber from Para;
Trim figurehead and snowy sail,
Tall mast and taper'd spar,
A rhythmic shanty from the waist,
The smell of Stockholm tar.

Whilst yet the fog bells clang and drone
And eyes are tired and red
With peering over weather cloths
To see what looms ahead;
Or Summer shakes her train of gold
And dawn breaks slow, supreme,
With funnels red and funnels white
Reflected in the stream;
The times have changed on Merseyside,
The years have travell'd on,
And ugly ducklings plough and sheer
Where once there sailed a swan.

Safe anchored in a landlocked bay,
Washed by some river cool,
They lie at rest in fairer ports
Than even Liverpool;
Forgotten, garland'd with mist and fog
They drowse at anchor there,
Whilst crews of bearded sailormen
Patrol each deck and stare;
Borne faintly on an eerie wind
There goes a bosun's call,
Scraping as dim yards come around,
The clacking of a pall.

Then idly, these tall ships will turn
And hearken to the breeze
That whispers in the ghostly shrouds
Of days remote from these;
Remembering weeks of driving sleet
And high seas round the Horn,
And little islands, silver rimmed,
Where mollymawks are born;
Recalling long, cool, fragrant nights
Beneath a Southern moon;
The Rio Grande or Shenandoah
To a concertinas tune.

Yet often, just before the dawn,
They see in dreams afar
The glimmer of the Crosby Light
And rain across the Bar.

[Captain Kong]

Thanks for that Keith, that is a good poem, reminds me of the old days when I was seafaring.

The secretary of the Liverpool Retired Seafarers wanted the Poem, `Bury Me In Liverpool Bay`, for the Magazine.
I sent him that one as well.
Cheers
Brian.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Hopefuly we shall find it eventually:

For now -

Liverpool bay

Author unknown to me.


song..written Jan 08.

Mist rolling in from the river,
cold wind blows it all away.
Golden sun will open its heart up ,
Shine its light over Liverpool bay.

Not many ships come around here now,
Seamen and dockers have faded away
No one ever strolls down lime street,
To catch the spirit of Maggie may;

cold winds blow across the Mersey,
bridge once moved up and down withe the tide.
the birds stand tall on the river ,
it fills my heart with pride.

If Maggie was around here now .
She would look at this city in Awe!
There are no more grimy building,
no more children starving and poor,

still the cold wind blows across the Mersey.
bridge once moved up and down with the tides;
The birds stand tall on the river,
It fills my heart with pride.

it don't matter if your in Gladys street,
On the Kop or playing away ,
The golden sun will open its heart up ,
Shine its light on Liverpool bay

[Captain Kong]

Another good one Keith
Thanks
Cheers
Brian.

[Keith at Tregenna]

I think it may be worth a newspaper request, hopefully some Liver' in the 'Pool may have a copy.

K.

[Captain Kong]

Thanks for your efforts Keith,
I read it only a few months ago but forgot where.
Still I have got a couple of good Liverpool based poems. Thanks.
Brian.

[bill roberts]

Hi brian dont know if you tried this just click any where on the picture worth a go.800 to find. All the best bill. Be good. http://www.poem800.com/liver.php

[Captain Kong]

Thanks for that Bill,
many good ones on that and a good picture of the Liver as well.
Still looking for the" Bury me in Liverpool Bay" one, it is for Pat Moran secretary of the Liverpool Retired Seafarers at the Eldonian Club
Cheers
Brian

[Keith at Tregenna]

All good things come to those that wait, so they say. Hope all comes, will keep looking.

Pos, someone more local can help. Fingers Crossed K.