WHILE ONCE ON SHORE, HIS PLACE OF BIRTH HE TRAVELLED BACK TO SEA HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A PRETTY LASS, HIS BRIDE SHE CAME TO BE
HE WONDERED HOW TO TELL HER WHILE SITTING AT THE PIER
HIS OTHER LOVE WAS WAITING, THE CRUISE TO LAST A YEAR
NO TEARS WERE SHED AS FAREWELLS WERE SAID, SHE KNEW IT HAD TO BE "A SAILOR'S PLACE IS ON HIS SHIP, AND THE SHIP MUST SAIL THE SEA"
ON A SAILOR'S GRAVE, NO ROSES GROW, NO GRASS, NO STONE TO SHOW THE RESTING PLACE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE HIS BILLET IN THE SEA THE SILENT SHARK STANDS WATCH, FOR ALL ETERNITY
SO LONELY HE WILL NEVER BE, IN THAT BILLET IN THE SEA
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**** FLOWERS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ONLY PLEASE ****
**** THANK YOU ****
___________________________________________________________
WHILE ONCE ON SHORE, HIS PLACE OF BIRTH HE TRAVELLED BACK TO SEA HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A PRETTY LASS, HIS BRIDE SHE CAME TO BE
HE WONDERED HOW TO TELL HER WHILE SITTING AT THE PIER
HIS OTHER LOVE WAS WAITING, THE CRUISE TO LAST A YEAR
NO TEARS WERE SHED AS FAREWELLS WERE SAID, SHE KNEW IT HAD TO BE "A SAILOR'S PLACE IS ON HIS SHIP, AND THE SHIP MUST SAIL THE SEA"
ON A SAILOR'S GRAVE, NO ROSES GROW, NO GRASS, NO STONE TO SHOW THE RESTING PLACE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE HIS BILLET IN THE SEA THE SILENT SHARK STANDS WATCH, FOR ALL ETERNITY
SO LONELY HE WILL NEVER BE, IN THAT BILLET IN THE SEA
___________________________________________________________
**** FLOWERS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ONLY PLEASE ****
**** THANK YOU ****
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