{"id":362,"date":"2012-09-04T20:10:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cliffhaslam.com\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2014-06-16T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T17:41:07","slug":"grey-funnel-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cliffhaslam.com\/?page_id=362","title":{"rendered":"Grey Funnel Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a term for the ships of the Navy comparing the colour of the funnel of other commercial shipping lines (e.g. Blue Funnel Line). The sing tells of the boredom, loneliness and longing for home which affected many a sailor. This is one of Cyril Tawney’s <\/a>best known songs.<\/p>\n

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Don’t mind the wind nor the rolling sea.
\nThe weary night never worries me.
\nBut the hardest time in a sailor’s day,
\nIs to watch the sun as it fades away<\/p>\n

It’s one more day on the grey funnel line.<\/em><\/p>\n

The finest ship that sails the sea
\nIs still a prison for the likes of me,
\nBut give me wings like Noah’s dove;
\nI’ll fly up harbor to the one I love.<\/p>\n

It’s one more day on the grey funnel line.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh Lord, if dreams were only real.
\nI’d have my hands on that wooden wheel.
\nAnd with all my heart I\u2019d turn her ’round,
\nAnd tell the boys that we’re homeward bound.<\/p>\n

It’s one more day on the grey funnel line.<\/em><\/p>\n

There was a time when I was free,
\nLike a broken spar on the open sea.
\nBut now that spar is washed ashore,
\nAnd comes to rest at my true love’s door.<\/p>\n

It’s one more day on the grey funnel line.<\/em><\/p>\n

Each time I gaze behind the screws
\nMakes me long for St Peter’s shoes.
\nI’d dance on down that silver lane
\nInto the arms of my love again.<\/p>\n

It’s one more day on the grey funnel line.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll pass the time like some machine
\nUntil the blue water turns to green.
\nThen I’ll dance down that walk on shore
\nAnd sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.<\/p>\n

And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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