Corvette

This escort ship Of World War Two Convoy carer To guide them through From sail to steam To propeller screw Atlantic saviour For me and you These modern Corvette's With their fire power Delicately named After a flower While the Canadian class Named after cities and towns But when it came to protect They buckled down From the west to Murmansk Carrying supplies and arms To the USSR Bringing war her charms Of these U-Boat wolves Running with their packs Many a life saved When these Corvette's attack Depth charge fires Sinks, boom - look for oil For many a wolf Met this toil These more modern ships Stealth in design For flying at the back Their proud ensign For the many Navy and Merchant seamen who braved these Atlantic crossing during World War Two, for me and you. http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war3.php