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Thread #167178 Message #4028699
Posted By: Joe Offer
16-Jan-20 - 08:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr req: The Melbourne (John Dengate)
Subject: RE: Lyr req: The Melbourne (John Dengate)
Here's the chorus of HMAS Melbourne (to the tune of Wild Rover No More). Wikipedia says the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne was the only Commonwealth naval vessel to sink two friendly warships in peacetime collisions.
So it's duck for cover
Quickly before she arrives;
Here comes the Melbourne, my jolly brave tars,
So swim, swim for your lives
Source: https://www.glebesociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/bulletins/2013_07.pdf
John Dengate died suddenly on 1 August 2013, aged 75.