‘Frisco (Bill Adams Poems)
Long lines of ships at moorings used to lieBesides the wharves of 'Frisco. All the dayThe chipping hammers rang upon ...
Bill Adams Poems (22 Poems)
Silberhorn (Bill Adams Poems)
In Dennis O'Halloran's bar-room, down by Newcastle pier,(Was ever ye down to Newcastle, lad?), I was sittin' drinkin' a beer,An' ...
I’ve Been Dreamin’ (Bill Adams Poems)
I've been dreamin',Of a randy, dandy clipper with her tops'ls set,Pitchin' heavy down the westin' with the leeches wet.Bill Newland, ...
Johnnie Chanteyman (Bill Adams Poems)
Johnnie Parrot, Johnnie Parrot, I'll not hear againThat old voice of yours a-ringin' down the windy rain,When the ocean morning's ...
Stowaway (Bill Adams Poems)
I crossed the gangway in the winter's raining,Late in the night, when it was dreary dark;The only sounds the rain's ...
Sea Cook (Bill Adams Poems)
There ain't no "Tradesman's Entrance" wrote up above his door,Like you sees on stylish houses on the stylish streets ashore,So's ...
Old Limejuicer (Bill Adams Poems)
She'd carried coal on her last voyage,So she was thick wi' fleas;An' there was cockroaches in every crevice,An' them small ...
Limey (Bill Adams Poems)
She's a Liverpool ship, an' becalmed on the Line;Ain't it hell when a Liverpool sailor must dine?Salt pork an' pea ...
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 ...
Billy Peg-leg’s Fiddle (Bill Adams Poems)
I've a pal called Billy Peg-leg, with one leg a wood leg,And Billy' he's a ship's cook and lives upon ...
There Goes Thermopylae (Bill Adams Poems)
I seen her once for just a jiff; it was a misty day,Wi' sea birds mewin' i' the rain an' ...
Captain (Bill Adams Poems)
Give me a tub, a dirty tub,Most any old tub will do,A hard old hooker with decks to scrubAnd a ...
Home Round The Horn (Bill Adams Poems)
It's blowing up squally, it's piping like hell,And the packet she rolls till she tinkles her bell;Oh, I hope it ...
Packet Rat (Bill Adams Poems)
'Ow would you like to be a packet rat,Wiv no place anyw'ere to 'ang your 'at?Wiz two bare feet most ...
Bound Away (Bill Adams Poems)
A three-skysail yarder with her hatches battened down,And the grey sky up above her, and the Mersey's muddy brownA-rippling at ...
Sailmaker (Bill Adams Poems)
Old man Stitch-away, old man Sails,With his long grey beard, he's hard as nails;His teeth are yellow, and his eyes ...
Man In The Sea (Bill Adams Poems)
If ever you've heard it ringing, wild from the mast and clear,If you've seen the watches running, their faces blanched ...
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 ...
Shore Roads Of April (Bill Adams Poems)
What do I see and hear of an April morning?Many a ridge and furrow, headland and bay,Many a ship bound ...
To The Lubber Poets (Bill Adams Poems)
Scented soap and lily handsA long farewell to you!I'm away to foreign landsWith a hard-case crew.Luck to you, my gemmy ...
Sailor’s Mourner (Bill Adams Poems)
Gawd! said a gal o' the Barbary Coast —She was dancin' wi' me —"Is it true, lad, that Larry, young ...
Ai-Lee-Oh (Bill Adams Poems)
I see a ship glide through a dockWith lovely white wings,And women watch her from the lock,A sailor, laughing, sings,Ai-lee-yoh, ...