The little boats of England,
The little motor boats,
The little penny steamers,
From Lands End to John O'Groats.
The Brighton Belle, the Margate Queen,
The Vigilant, The Lark,
The Saucy Jane, The Gracie Fields,
(Even a Noarh's Arc).
Picked up their country's message
That it's back was to the Wall.
There is danger, there is danger,
Will you answer to the call?
Francis Drake, and Collinwood,
And Nelson of the Nile
Were on their quarterdecks again,
-You should have seen them smile.
When all the little boats pushed out
From Dover to Dunkirk,
To heed their country's message,
That was their job of work.
(Sara Carsley.)
Dunkirk, 1940.
