Where is Henry Adams now, that planned the Agamemnon?
Sink him in his hammock, boys, he’s gone far away!
Oak and iron and blood of her, his fair one, his darling,
Foundered in the River Plate, in Maldonaldos Bay.
Where are all the shipwrights now that built the Agamemnon?
Let them lie at rest, boys, under the green grass.
Saw and swinging riveters we’ll never more be hearing
On Beaulieu’s woodland waters where the Agamemnon was.
Where is Captain Nelson now, that sailed the Agamemnon?
Fought and beat the Spanish crews in Cape St. Vincent Bay —
Oak and iron blood of her, his fine one, his darling —
Sink him in his hammock, boys, he’s gone far away!
(Hamish Maclaren)
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