Bill Adams Poems on Sin (2 Poems)

All Hands On Deck (Bill Adams Poems)

Rouse out, you sleepers! Come, now, rise and shine!How would you like to hear that cry again?You rolled into your bunk at eight, and now it’s nine!You hear the wind, the lashing of the rain;You thought they’d let you sleep … Continue reading →

Olaf Of The Grain Fleet (Bill Adams Poems)

I coom all der vay from Liverpool roun’ der HornTo ‘Freesco; ve voss hunder an’ fifty day on der passage;Forty day ve spend down dere off der ol’ Horn mitt der gales,All der time pully-haul, pully-haul, reefin’ an’ furlin’ der … Continue reading →