Haul for Glasson!

In 1779 the Lancaster Port facilities were extended closer to the Irish Sea at Glasson Dock. In 1847 the Lancaster Port Commission built a pair of lighthouses near Cockersand Abbey to help guide ships into the port. The lower lighthouse still stands on Plover Scar. It was rebuilt in 2017 after being hit - at night time! - by a large, empty, cargo vessel en route to Glasson Dock. The old high light, a square wooden tower, was demolished in 1954 but the keeper's cottage still remains.

HAUL FOR GLASSON
(Henry Peacock)

Home to dear England, our ship she is bound
And in heaving the lead, we'll soon strike English ground
What pleasure we have, with what joy cry the men
When first we catch sight of old England again

And we call, Haul for Glasson! through sea spray and foam
Yes, we all haul for Glasson, now we're heading for home

We wait in Lune Deep then sail in with the tide
John Lamb will be waiting, dock gate open wide
By Cockersand Light and then past Plover Scar
Every family awaiting their home-coming tar

Now our ship she's inside of John Lamb's parlour door
Up to the Pier Hall we must go, to be sure
For there our dear girls come from town in great style
To welcome us home with their kisses and smiles

We climb Glasson Hill for a view of the Lune
And look over the valley we'll leave all too soon
We spend time in the arms of our sweethearts and then
Kiss them goodbye as we sail off again

And we call Haul for Glasson! through sea spray and foam
But when you're a sailor, the sea is your home

Written by Henry Peacock, inspired by fragments of songs collected in Glasson by Ruth Zanoni Roskell. Tune; Farewell to Tarwathie.