THE ADDEE DEE (Poem)

One day a ship went sailing,

Sailing far out to sea.

It went to catch some halibut,

This ship called THE ADDE DEE.

As their mugs they hold,

The men grow old,

And the women cry down by the sea.

One day a storm was rising,

Rising far out to sea.

It frightened all the halibut

And waited for THE ADDE DEE.

As their mugs they hold,

The men grow old,

And the women cry down by the sea.

This storm was strong and furious,

Furious far out to sea,

But it didn't frighten the sailors,

The sailors of THE ADDE DEE.

As their mugs they hold,

The men grow old,

And the women cry down by the sea.

The ship was tossing and turning,

Turning far out to sea.

It didn't frighten the little ship,

The ship called THE ADDE DEE.

As their mugs they hold,

The men grow old,

And the women cry down by the sea.

This ship will never be coming,

Coming far out to sea.

No, the ship will never be coming

Back home to you and me.

O their mugs they hold,

These men so old,

While the women cry down by the sea,

Cry for THE ADDE DEE.

1949