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Navy Grey Paint

from Angel with a Sword by Leslie Fish

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John Creasey called my attention to the discovery of the wreck of the Yorktown, and the ironic fact that the ship was largely preserved by her paint. I wrote the song, sang it at a couple of conventions, and then heard from an actual survivor of the ship’s crew, who wanted my permission to sing it at the crew’s reunion party. He also had a few corrections to make, which I was more than happy to include. I’m honored, really

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Navy grey paint, applied by her crew
Whose officers thought had too little to do.
Navy grey paint: layer upon layer. The ship has gone down,
Her crew’s on the ground, But the paint is still there.

The Yorktown was proud.
She was heavy and fast,
Bore 80 planes when she battled her last.
She sank near Midway, at the end of the fight.
For 50 long years she lay lost out of sight in her—

And when she was found by the divers at last,
They saw what those 50 years passed.
Her crew was all old men, or fish-food and dust.
But the ship was still lying protected from rust by that—

So take heart you sailors, wherever you be.
For though you go down with your ship in the sea,
Your names and your memories may all fade away,
But this much will last from you ‘til Judgment Day: it’s that—

© Leslie Fish, 04/01/1999

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from Angel with a Sword, released September 2, 2022

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If there's one name that's practically synonymous with filk (Science Fiction folk music), it's Leslie Fish. Leslie has written literally hundreds of songs covering almost every subject, from the space program ("Hope Eyrie"), to Star Trek ("Banned From Argo") to urban life, history, and space fantasy ("Carmen Miranda's Ghost"). ... more

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