Cotten (DD 669) - Naval Cruise Book

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A few days at sea seemed very long, But we soon entered the port of Hong Kong, We bought our tailor made suits with pride, From the dozens of merchants that came along side. November 22nd, a date never to be forgotten, Especially by the crew of the U. S. S. Cotten, First the ' pollywogsi' had their say, Then the 'shellbacksn had their day. The royal baby we did kiss, Bow to king neptunen whom you couldnit miss, Then off to the royal barber with you, And a flogging from the royal cops too. All this happened when we crossed the equator, Davy Jones must have laughed at us later, But a crew of merry shellbacks we now are, Sailing ever homeward by sea and star. The next day we entered Singapore, She showed no trace of the last world war, Though many thousands had been killed, A modern city the British rebuilt. Ceylon, a land of spice and tea, Is a tropical island rising from the sea, Its jungles are full of wild beasts, Its cities a paradise and year round feasts. Ras Tanura, Arabia, a desert land, With oil fumes flowing o'er sea and sand, Where people bow and the women wear veils, As a boy in school we read of these tales. Refueling again in an Arabian port, The port of Aden, our stay was short, The month of December was fading fast, Already the half mark we have passed. From the Red Sea into the Med, By way of the Suez, our stop Port Said, Our stay in Egypt was but a few hours, From the ship you could see the steeples and towers Each man said his prayer on this Christmas day, Some alone, some together, each man had a way, In the town of Athens somewhere in Greece, Four Destroyers rested this Christmas in peace. We started the year of ,54 in Cannes, France, Wine for your dinner, Chanel for romance, Oui Oui, it was time for us to depart, We're heading for the place most dear to our heart. To Gibraltar, Bermuda then a place called home, To the men who don't travel this is but a poem, But the sailor who has seen the foreign lands, ' Is always glad to be back to Shake familiar hands.

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