{"id":482,"date":"2013-07-14T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T13:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2019-06-27T09:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:14:23","slug":"grey-funnel-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=482","title":{"rendered":"Grey Funnel Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/mainlynorfolk.info\/cyril.tawney\/\">Cyril Tawney<\/a>.\u00a0 Another somber classic that sounds superb rolling off of Cliff&#8217;s lips.\u00a0 Cliff sings it a little differently from the actual words written by Cyril, but then so does just about everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t mind the rain, nor the rollin\u2019 sea.<br \/>\nThe weary night never bothers me;<br \/>\nBut the hardest time in a sailor\u2019s day,<br \/>\nIs to watch the sun as it fades away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><br \/>\n<b><i>It&#8217;s one more day on the Grey Funnel Line.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The finest ship that sails the sea,<br \/>\nIs still a prison to the likes of me,<br \/>\nBut give me wings like Noah\u2019s dove,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll fly up harbour to the girl I love.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time my heart was free,<br \/>\nLike a floatin\u2019 spar on the open-sea;<br \/>\nBut now that spar is washed ashore,<br \/>\nIt comes to rest at my real love\u2019s door.<\/p>\n<p>Each time I gaze behind the screws,<br \/>\nMakes me\u00a0long for St-Peter\u2019s shoes,<br \/>\nThen I\u2019d walk on down that silvery lane<br \/>\nInto the arms of my love again.<\/p>\n<p>Oh Lord, if dreams were only real,<br \/>\nI\u2019d put my hand on that wooden wheel,<br \/>\nAnd with all my heart I\u2019d turn her round,<br \/>\nAnd tell the boys: \u201cWe\u2019re homeward bound!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll pass the time like some machine,<br \/>\nUntil the blue water turns to green,<br \/>\nThen I\u2019ll dance on down that walk-ashore,<br \/>\nAnd sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.<\/p>\n<p><b>Last Chorus:<\/b><br \/>\n<b><i>And sail the Grey Funnel Line no more.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cyril Tawney.\u00a0 Another somber classic that sounds superb rolling off of Cliff&#8217;s lips.\u00a0 Cliff sings it a little differently from the actual words written by Cyril, but then so does just about everyone else. Don\u2019t mind the rain, nor the rollin\u2019 sea. The weary night never bothers me; But the hardest time in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-482","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5242,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482\/revisions\/5242"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}