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Thread #51113   Message #2179537
Posted By: GUEST,Cats at work
26-Oct-07 - 05:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Cornish Prayer ????
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WRECKER'S PRAYER (Andy Roberts)
Try this. I looked on Clusty not google.

The Wreckers Prayer

"Oh Lord, please don't let there be any shipwrecks,
Let the lighthouse shine out bright and clear.
But if you feel that there should be a shipwreck,
then please Lord, let that ship be wrecked here.

There's a path all the way from the clifftop
to the caves down below and the sea
It's steep and it's loose and it's slippery
On a moonless night, you need a little light
We don't want any accidents, you see.

If there needs to be a tragedy at sea
then let the cargo be washed ashore here

Oh the living is hard down this way
the soil is all stoney and poor
We don't have a port, no fish to be caught
There's just what the tide brings ashore
And the duty free liquor in store.

Next time it happens, don't let me be late
or allow too much salt water
to infiltrate

Oh Lord, please don't let there be any shipwrecks,
Let the lighthouse shine out bright and clear.
But when you feel that there should be a shipwreck,
then please Lord, let the next one be here.

- Andy Roberts 2003