Wrote this last year when the Dole banana boat ran into the Nab Tower in the Solent, in daylight!!!!!!!! Dole Banana farewell

Portsmouth way where the Seas are grey
And the sun shines rarely on the mountain top
The took a trip on a Banana Ship
And when they reached Nab Tower they made a stop

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But It's sad to say we're not under way
For us it may be the end of the day
Our head is down we may be sinking down
In the Spithead approaches to Portsmouth town

There'll be bananas everywhere
and the Cowes on the island will have there fill
from Spithead up to Southampton
and Pineapples floating off Portland Bill

Chorus
Down on the Solent you can hear
Sirens screaming as the big tugs they toil
Trying to keep that ship afloat
And the thought of the salvage it makes them smile

Norwegian skipper is in despair
And the Indian officers stand around
The Chinese crew only stand and stare
As the they watch their ship as it runs aground
chorus

The Dole America was the ship
And it hit the Nab off the shipping lane
Today the crew were all on the Dole
And tomorrow their on the dole again
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