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 Tony Norwell - Will She Ever Sail Again? Lyrics

Will she ever sail again - that clipper sleek and fine?

Built at Dumbarton on the Clyde in eighteen sixty nine.

Will she ever sail again - to Sydney or Shanghai?

Fully crewed and stored and then - with sails set full and by.


Will she ever sail again - that ship with perfect line?

Or will young Nannie chase Tam then - for all the rest of time?

Will she ever sail again - under a Moodie, Woodget or Moore?
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With a crew of twenty one or so - but work for many more!


Will she ever sail again - that clipper sleek and fine?

A faster sailing ship than her has seldom crossed the Line!

Will she ever sail again - or forever stay?

Hard aground on Greenwich Pier - forever and a day!


Will she ever sail again - to Stormalong Forty South?

From Tristan to the Circular Quay - and back to the old Thames’ mouth.

Will she ever sail again - where there’s a will is a way -

Or will Linton’s design - a masterpiece - by Greenwich Meridian stay?


Will she ever sail again - or forever stay?

Hard aground on Greenwich Pier - forever and a day?

Shades of Tam O’Shanter and curse that Dirty Ditch!

May she always sail again - behind Nannie - that fair young witch.


Will she ever sail again - that ship with perfect line?

Looked at from bowsprit on and then - from aft - she’s just as fine!

Will she ever sail again - that ship I love so true?

For now she’s part of all of us - like I’m a part of you!


Will she ever sail again - that ship that’s part of me -

Brought home to Greenwich on the Thames in nineteen fifty three?