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THE ANCHOR

AS BAIRNIES WE WID STAND AND DREAM

WIS IT MADE AFORE THE DAYS O' STEAM

FAR DID IT COME FAE, FAR HAS IT BEEN

THAT ANCHOR OWER ASIDE THE MARINE?

THOUGHTS RUN WILD TAE PLACES AFAR

OF SAILIN' SHIPS, AND THE SMELL OF TAR

DID IT COME FAE A NAVAL SHIP O' THE LINE

SUNK IN SOME BATTLE AWA'  BACK IN TIME?

PERHAPS A TEA CLIPPER WIS ITS SOURCE

BUT THATS A DREAM AGAIN OF COURSE

MAYBE IT CAM' FAE A SAILIN' BARQUE

LOST SOME NICHT IN THE WINTERS DARK

FIT HAPPENED TAE THE SHIP AND HER CREW

THE ANCHOR IS A' THATS LEFT TAE VIEW

ARE THEY LYIN' BURIED ALOE THE WAVES

A SEAMAN AND A SHIPS DARK GRAVE?

MAYBE THE ANSWER WILL NIVER BE FOUND

HOO LONG DID IT LIE FAST INTAE THE GROUND

LYIN' IN A CORNER, FORGOTTEN NOO IT SEEMS

A MYSTERY UNSOLVED, A SOURCE O' BOYHOOD DREAMS.