The Kyle (The Sharecroppers) videos

There is a ship in Harbour Grace,
it's been there for a while,
To the people of the town
they hardly give a smile;
They say it does stand out too much,
you can see it from a mile,
And soon they'll drag it out to sea
and sink the noble Kyle.

Now, the Kyle's a ship that's
been out to sea for many a long year,
People that had sailed her decks
said they never had to fear;
She supplied our rugged coast
from year to faithful year,
And now she rots down in the bay
in the Harbour Gracian clear.

Now she rots down in the bay
in the Harbour Gracian clear,
Yes, she rots down in the bay
in the Harbour Gracian clear,
In the Harbour Gracian clear.

Well, ships deserve an honoured death
and burial at sea,
And yet their stories and their names
live on in history;
Yet history books to children
seem realistic not to be,
Than the presence of the Kyle,
my friends, for their bright eyes to see.

So, though her brass and wooden seams
no longer live within,
Her worn out hull and worn down name
can clearly still be seen;
A fresh coat of paint and lettering
will keep her for a while,
And the Harbour Gracian history book
alive will keep the Kyle;
And the Harbour Gracian generation
alive will keep the Kyle.

Now she rots down in the bay
in the Harbour Gracian clear,
Yes, she rots down in the bay
in the Harbour Gracian clear,
In the Harbour Gracian clear.

####.... Mike Madigan of The Sharecroppers. Performing rights administered by SOCAN. All rights reserved ....####

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