Friday, March 6, 2015

The shadow falls along the shore

Winston Churchill's Only Song, at Chartwell, Kent by Hayward & Parsons



Background on the poem here.

Lyrics
The shadow falls along the shore
The search lights twinkle on the sea
The silence of a mighty fleet
Portends the tumult yet to be.
The tables of the evening meal
Are spread amid the great machines
And thus with pride the question runs
Among the sailors and marines
Breathes there the man who fears to die
For England, Home, & Wai-hai-wai.

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