Poem to Submariner Child * Pinging Pete Chidori * Happy Birthday
Pampanito * Pampanito II * Night before Diego * Galloping Ghost * Xmas
Submarine Sailors * The Last Patrol * Down off Kashi-Ho * For I am a Submariner
* The Ballad of the Blue Beret * Submarine * Remember * Shops of the Devil *
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"Submarine Sailors" They'll sing a song in the Submarines When the fleet goes out to sea. Of the sissies on the Battleships Who hug their battery. They'll scorn the "Cans" and Cruisers too, And laugh at all the Carriers As they hide and glide in the undersea. And weave through submerged barriers.
In the chilly gloom of their throbbing hull, Where there's not an echo lost. They'll dare a "feather" for a chance at a target...fingers crossed. They will plane her down 'til their ears will ring And the pressure drive them mad. But the only thing that they'll lament Will be shots they never had.
It's a simple thing to go to sea With at least a chance to swim. If sthe pesky shells start coming close For at least the lights won't dim And the bulkhead plates can strain and still Your're not exactly done. But the Submarine can never choose If the battle isn't won. (Polaris/August 1984, Author Unknown) |