Bill Adams Poems on Night Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

Long lines of ships at moorings used to lieBesides the wharves of 'Frisco. All the dayThe chipping hammers rang upon ...

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 crossed the gangway in the winter's raining,Late in the night, when it was dreary dark;The only sounds the rain's ...

Rouse out, you sleepers! Come, now, rise and shine!How would you like to hear that cry again?You rolled into your ...

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 ...

It's blowing up squally, it's piping like hell,And the packet she rolls till she tinkles her bell;Oh, I hope it ...

'Ow would you like to be a packet rat,Wiv no place anyw'ere to 'ang your 'at?Wiz two bare feet most ...

Old man Stitch-away, old man Sails,With his long grey beard, he's hard as nails;His teeth are yellow, and his eyes ...

If ever you've heard it ringing, wild from the mast and clear,If you've seen the watches running, their faces blanched ...

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, ...

Bill Adams Poems on Night (10 Poems)