Maritime Sea Blood

I was a crew member on the icebreakers

The coast guard’s prided red and white

Many months away from home

Only lonely late at night

Fog horns bellowed cross the ocean,

Fog rolled in across the sea

The north Atlantic called out

 To come and roam with she

I sailed on the CCGS Labrador

And on the Louis St Laurant

On the John A and the Baffin

What more could one man want

In the cold Canadian waters

From Maine to Newfoundland

The ocean became my home land,

I know to some it’s hard to understand

Salt water ran through my veins

Like a river runs to the shore

From the day I saw my first wave

I was hooked forever more

Now my sailing days are finally over

Fond memories linger on and on

Pray tell spread my final ashes

On the Atlantic when I’m gone.