Items of Interest to all Sections of the Branch
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Pelican
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Re: Items of Interest to all Sections of the Branch
Comms Dept. HMS Nubian 1968
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HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
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Pelican
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Frojm Martin Slater:
Somebody, obviously thinking about smoke signals and Red Indians, set this poem to the tune of "My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean".
MORSE FLAG
POST-MORTEM
My wireless is right out of action.
The flag-hoists I never can see.
And flashing drives me to distraction.
So bring back the wigwag to me.
Bring back, bring back, etc.
Last night as with hand-flags I struggled,
I kept making W for Z,
You'll guess why the letters got juggled,
I dreamt that the wigwag was dead!
Bring back, bring back, etc.
The heliograph doesnt matter.
The sun seldom shines all that bright.
While voice drives me mad as a hatter
And telephones give me a fright.
Bring back, bring back, etc.
Oh, send your waves over the ocean
By Five-Unit Code S.S.B.,
Of such things I haven't a notion.
So bring back the wigwag to me.
Bring back, bring back, etc.
Somebody, obviously thinking about smoke signals and Red Indians, set this poem to the tune of "My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean".
MORSE FLAG
POST-MORTEM
My wireless is right out of action.
The flag-hoists I never can see.
And flashing drives me to distraction.
So bring back the wigwag to me.
Bring back, bring back, etc.
Last night as with hand-flags I struggled,
I kept making W for Z,
You'll guess why the letters got juggled,
I dreamt that the wigwag was dead!
Bring back, bring back, etc.
The heliograph doesnt matter.
The sun seldom shines all that bright.
While voice drives me mad as a hatter
And telephones give me a fright.
Bring back, bring back, etc.
Oh, send your waves over the ocean
By Five-Unit Code S.S.B.,
Of such things I haven't a notion.
So bring back the wigwag to me.
Bring back, bring back, etc.
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HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
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ivorthediver
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Re: Items of Interest to all Sections of the Branch
Excellent post David , you and " Jack " have made this lad very happy today 
"What Ever Floats your Boat"