It was in 1968 to Dunfermline
we were shipped
For four years of Apprenticeship
To be in The Navy and see the Sea
Was all that mattered to him and me…
After we found our way around
We began to like this town
Into The Regal for a drink
Before the movie starts, we think
Mother, Anna and Mrs Smith
Veronica and Marion
Our Scottish Friends, to see.
Me from Ireland, him from Cornwall
The Best of Pals, I do recall…
On Saturdays often we did retire
To The Belleville for a Steak
Upstairs in The Grill we would laugh and chat
About how good life was, and all of that
Grand Marnier just to round it off
In those Halcyon days we seemed like Toffs…
But we were both so young it seemed
And Life itself was just a dream
On those Idyllic summer nights
The Future to us all was bright
No sense of change then did we see
We were all so full of glee
No thought of what would happen soon
No thought of any doom and gloom
Nothing of that fatal day
When from us all, he went away…
Little else has changed since then
The Bars have gone, but we remain
With the exception of that Special Pal we lost
But whose memory we will all retain…
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For Pete
All our happiness is tinged
with moments of regret for those we miss…
Colin J… 14th April 2009…
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