'So the old ship's gone, Ginger' . . . <br />'Ay, so they say, <br />Piled herself up on the rocks somewhere' . . . <br />'Well, it was the best way.' <br /> <br />'Rummy, isn't it, how an old ship always seems to know <br />When she's bound for the knacker's yard' . . . <br />'Ay, it is so.' <br /> <br />'Well, she was a good old ship. I knew her many a year, <br />And I'm glad she's cheated the breakers at the finish' . . . <br />'Same here . . .'<br /><br />Cicely Fox Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-memoriam-h-m-s-warspite/
