Well, big tim and ard mhacha, t least this gives me a chance to practice doing a blue clicky. This is it
That's the thread where I came upon a conversation (is that the right word? Sounds pleasantly old-fashioned. ) concerning the words of "The Shipyard Slips". And now I know that I discovered this site on Aug13 '02.

And this is the thread where I was given a crash course in ABC notation. This is it

And this is what I finally(?) settled on as the abc notation of the tune. First 8 bars verse, second 8 chorus(P)

X:1

T:The Shipyard Slips

M:4/4

Q:100

K:C

E/D/|CEG>c|BdcB/c/|dB/d/cA/A/|G/cE/DE/D/|
CEG>c|Bdce/d/|cAGE/E/|D/ED/CE/D/|
CEGc/c/|cB/c/Hde/d/|cAcA|GcE/D/E/D/|
CEG>c|cB/c/de/d/|cAG/c/c/E/|E/D2