Keppler (DD 765) - Naval Cruise Book

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U1S5'l'l'iU I ILHMEJN by Ei. MQCALL, SPCM M, There's a roll and a pitch, and a heave and a hitch ' To the nautical gait they take. For they're used to the cant of decks aslant -' 5-UQ? As the white - toothed combers break. an On the plates that thrum ' like a beaten drum ' To the thrill of the turbines might. And the knife bow leaps QQ through the mighty deep With the speed of a shell in flight. Oh, their scorn is quick for the crews that stick To the carriers' steady floor - For they love the lurch of their own frail perch At thirty-five knots or more! They don't get much of the drill and such That the cruiser jackees do, But they sail the seas in their dungarees - A grimy destroyer's crew. They don't climb 0 at their sleeping time fs: Into a hammock that sways and bumps, ' But leap Kerplu.nk -ri into a cozy bunk Z Fl That quivers and bucks and jumps. A W, - , flflv. I They hear the sound of the waves that pound V Y ' On the half-inch plates of steel, ,. A- And they close their eyes 1 f to the lullabies 7 5. Q , Cf the creaking sides and keel. '- ' G A I They're a lusty crowd 'v D that's vastly proud - Of the slim gray craft they drive, Of the roaring screws ll' and humming flues L 1 That make her :L thing alive. They love the lunge h E of the surging plunge Q And the murk of her smoke screen too - Q' . ' J As they sail the seas Q -ffl in their dungarees. 9 ' A grimy destroyers erewl O