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The Kyle (The Sharecroppers)

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 friend, 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 awhile,
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.

####.... The Sharecroppers (Natural ©1993 John Harvey Newman Publishing, SOCAN) ....####

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