The hatches are on, sonny, an' the cargo's all stowed: <br />Time to say 'So long' now, time to take the road: <br />Pals we've been an' good pals, drunk an' took our fun - <br />An' I'll meet you in Liverpool some day, my son! <br /> <br />All roads lead to Rome, sonny, so the sayin' goes: <br />But the long road, the salt road, the road a ship knows, <br />'Ull lead a man to the Bar Light afore his time is done - <br />An' I'll see you in Liverpool some day, my son! <br /> <br />All the bells'll ring, sonny, all the crews'll cheer, <br />Watchin' of us goin', droppin' down the tier, <br />Shakin' of 'er topsail reefs out one by one - <br />An' we'll all meet in Liverpool one day, my son! <br /> <br />It might be a year, sonny, it might be two or three, <br />For the salt road's a long road for chaps like you an' me: <br />But fair weather or foul weather, good luck or bad, <br />I'll meet you in Liverpool some day, my lad!<br /><br />Cicely Fox Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/see-you-in-liverpool/
