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2008/8/4

Shipmates

@ 11:18 AM (1 month, 1 day ago)

USS Proteus (aka the Old Pro) - I served aboard her from 1988 - 1990

In September 1999 the ship was placed out of active service and laid up at the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.

Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
Chorus
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound, four years gone, or nigh, Jack.
Was there ever chummies, now, such as you and I, Jack?
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
We have worked the self-same gun, quarterdeck division.
Sponger I and loader you, through the whole commission.
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
Oftentimes have we laid out, toil nor danger fearing,
Tugging out the flapping sail to the weather earring.
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
When the middle watch was on and the time went slow, boy,
Who could choose a rousing stave, who like Jack or Joe, boy?
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now.
Number seven starboard mess misses Jack and Joe now.
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!
But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather.
Hand yer flipper for a shake, now a drink together.
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe!

Comment(s) »

  1. Most of the ships I sailed are laid up in Suisin Bay... kinda like this old sailor.

    Comment by FJ— 2008/08/04 @ 12:13 PM — (Reply)

  2. makes two of us shipmate

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/04 @ 06:41 PM — (Reply)

  3. Great lyrics, Elbro...they sure say a lot, and I can see how they'd effect you.

    Comment by z— 2008/08/05 @ 06:12 AM — (Reply)

  4. My favorite lines:

    There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now.
    Number seven starboard mess misses Jack and Joe now.

    But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather. Hand yer flipper for a shake, now a drink together.

    Yes Z...I'm afraid I wear my heart on my sleeve when it comes to the Navy.

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/05 @ 06:24 AM — (Reply)

  5. Great lyrics, ElBro.
    That comraderie is sacred, isn't it?
    What a blessing to have experienced that.

    Comment by Pinky— 2008/08/05 @ 08:12 AM — (Reply)

  6. yes it's a sacred bond and a testament, almost a holy bond.

    No one can take it away and no one who hasn't lived it can understand.

    There are several old salts that I work with. Two of them are retired like me. When we talk not only do we long for the Navy, but (and this will sound corny) we miss the sea. We miss being underway. We miss the variety in life. We miss the trust our superiors had in us.

    Compared to the Navy, civilian life is boring and droll.

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/05 @ 08:21 AM — (Reply)

  7. Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you miss it, huh? :sad:

    Comment by Brooke— 2008/08/05 @ 09:32 AM — (Reply)

  8. I know Brooke, but I had reached HYT and my family was ready for me to get out.

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/05 @ 10:09 AM — (Reply)

  9. One of my favorite movies :smile:

    Comment by kevin— 2008/08/06 @ 02:38 PM — (Reply)

  10. I enjoy that movie also. I've been in a nautical mood. Watched this one and all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies in the past week. I think I may watch Mutiny on the Bounty and The Caine Mutiny next.

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/06 @ 02:46 PM — (Reply)

  11. Hey buddy, how about a Gilligan's Island marathon?

    Comment by Ed— 2008/08/06 @ 03:49 PM — (Reply)

  12. to be honest ed that thought hadn't crossed my mind

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/07 @ 05:33 AM — (Reply)

  13. Ginger or Maryann EB?

    Comment by Ed— 2008/08/07 @ 04:31 PM — (Reply)

  14. Maryann.

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/08/07 @ 06:10 PM — (Reply)

  15. Oh hell ya !!!!!!! G.I. was sooo good I would have done both Ginger and Mary then killed that stupid gilligan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BWAHHAAaHhhaaaaaaaaaaaa just kidding about Gillian.....

    Comment by aza spade— 2008/08/08 @ 12:20 AM — (Reply)

  16. GREAT FLICK ELM!:cool:

    Comment by EDGE— 2008/08/06 @ 03:51 PM — (Reply)

  17. beam me up little buddy nanu nanu

    Comment by mos— 2008/08/08 @ 03:45 AM — (Reply)

  18. How about Mrs. Howell?

    Comment by Ed— 2008/08/08 @ 03:58 AM — (Reply)

  19. "NAWWWWWWWWWW"

    Comment by aza spade— 2008/08/08 @ 05:38 AM — (Reply)

  20. not corny at all, ElBro.
    I envy that experience.

    Comment by Pinky— 2008/08/09 @ 07:38 PM — (Reply)

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