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The Medway
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The Medway
The Medway roams through the backwater
Lazy, bubbling, just rambling like it oughter
It meets big brother, farther down the line
Where the Isles, Grain & Sheppey recline
The ships ply their trade so far and wide
Down where Sheerness people do reside
Alas `tis now the naval base has gone
How can the trade`s lost people atone
The Medway rolls through the countryside
Through Tonbridge, Yalding, in it`s stride
Goes on past Maidstone`s, long lost zoo
Rolling on to Wouldham and Eccles too
Now it rolls into Rochester`s flying past
Where Sunderland`s were made to last
The sight of flying boats along the river
Makes the heart give such a little quiver
Gently rolls past the famous Sun Pier
The day tripper`s in their summer gear
For sunny trip`s right down to the sea
It`s Sheerness they go for very happily
Next the Dockyard, closed, was it not
Skilled men and women now left to rot
7000 people came out through a gate
What would become of them, their fate
Past Upnor Castle, built in such a rush
Only ememies were strangely the Dutch
They plundered all the ships in the dark
None was left, by George, what a lark
The Strand, the beach, just pure delight
The pool, the paddle boats, as our right
The summer sun shines for ever more
The putting green, Hi `what`s my score
Now it time to leave the Medway Towns
We have wandered within the bounds
Time to reflect now on the ebb and flow
We are sorry, as it`s nearly time, to go.
Copyright by Castle 261. 2020
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