Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2022 10:37:24 GMT
A simple prayer.
I offer thus a simple prayer to
Merchant Seamen everywhere.
Allied brothers and also sons,
even ladies and young ones,
Father, son and holy ghost,
forever watch over, these the most.
As began there was hardly a day,
a Merchant ship was not blown away,
Please, look down upon them,
and save, our very brethren of the wave.
A simple tribute I do plea, to all
in peril on the sea,
It is so important to remember,
a tribute on the 3rd of September.
For those that simply can pass by,
for those that do not care,
For those that simply have forgot,
they have a life elsewhere!
For those that may have never
known or even steer away,
Please spare a thought especially
on this Merchant Navy Day.
Whether lost in enemy action,
torpedo, gun or plane,
The effect on those left behind,
would never be the same.
Bad enough to lose a loved one,
but was it all in vain.
They perished to save a Nation,
THE ENEMY HAVE THE BLAME.
Many in conflict, sailed across
the sea All they ask was
“Remember Me”.
Beneath the Ocean, some remain,
A Merchant Force, (in prayer) at home again.
Keith Greenway.
A reading at: New Zealand Company of Master Mariners: Tauranga Branch
September 2016.
I offer thus a simple prayer to
Merchant Seamen everywhere.
Allied brothers and also sons,
even ladies and young ones,
Father, son and holy ghost,
forever watch over, these the most.
As began there was hardly a day,
a Merchant ship was not blown away,
Please, look down upon them,
and save, our very brethren of the wave.
A simple tribute I do plea, to all
in peril on the sea,
It is so important to remember,
a tribute on the 3rd of September.
For those that simply can pass by,
for those that do not care,
For those that simply have forgot,
they have a life elsewhere!
For those that may have never
known or even steer away,
Please spare a thought especially
on this Merchant Navy Day.
Whether lost in enemy action,
torpedo, gun or plane,
The effect on those left behind,
would never be the same.
Bad enough to lose a loved one,
but was it all in vain.
They perished to save a Nation,
THE ENEMY HAVE THE BLAME.
Many in conflict, sailed across
the sea All they ask was
“Remember Me”.
Beneath the Ocean, some remain,
A Merchant Force, (in prayer) at home again.
Keith Greenway.
A reading at: New Zealand Company of Master Mariners: Tauranga Branch
September 2016.