A Sailors Gone To Sea The time had come to say goodbye As sadness filled the air Husbands, wives, and children cried A little piece of each had died And each one said a prayer The brow was raised, the lines brought in The tugs would pull her free The whistle blew for all to hear But no one person there would cheer For their sailor's gone to sea The engines screamed their tortured songs As watches checked the skies No harm would come to her tonight For this is sure, the ship could fight And those who sailed her wise As days passed on the crew grew strong Their confidence was high No enemy could touch her now None would think to cross her brow And no one dare to try Their days grew long and wearisome The skipper knew the cure There's just one thing to ease the stress He knew his crew could use the rest There'd by liberty for sure The port was in a foreign land That some has seen before They'd shoe the young one all the sight And try to keep them out of fights Then bring them back onboard The crew refreshed the time had come To said the ship once more The lines were heaved and stowed away In record time was underway And sail away from shore The sea had all her lady's charms That caused a man to roam Far from his home to foreign land Far from his lovely lady's hands Into the mists and foam The ship would make her presence known All nations now would see The ship was strong and made for war Our enemies would know for sure They'd simply leave her be The time drew near to end the cruise No longer would they roam The ship had turn, the crew rejoiced And cheered as though a single voice The ship was going home! The day had come, the rails were manned As each man's heart had yearned To see their loved one on the pier And hear them cry and shout and cheer "Their sailor's had returned!" but sadness fills another's heart Their sailor's gone to sea To take the watch from those now home And sail about on seas unknown To keep our country free   By GSEC(SW) Robert Cavalcante JR