FE5 the Happy Return
In (C)190(G)5 (C)out of dis(F)aster - the (C)FE5 (G)she sailed (C)in
The (C)Happy Re(G)turn they (C)named her - (F)the (C)Good Intent (G)to re(C)place
To (Am)fish for the people of (Em)Folkestone as (F)onto the channel she (C)fared
(G)When the (C)FE5 (G)sailed on the (C)waters(F) - the (C)crew were all (G)pleased to (C)say
That this (Am)fine Cornish built fishing (Em)lugger - kept them (F)safe when out at (C)sea
She`ll not go(C) - she`ll not fall(Gl - she will(CC) -- out last us all(F)
The (C)trusty FE(G)5 was(Am) built to sur(F)vive - and The(C) Happy Re(G)turn will sail (C)again
She`ll not (C)go - she`ll not(G) fall - she will(CC) -- out last us all(F)
The (C)trusty FE(G)5 was(Am) built to sur(F)vive - and The (C)Happy Re(G)turn will sail a(C)gain
In 1916 she got power - no longer at the will of the winds
And for over 50 years she remained here - takeing her catch from the sea
Then she moved up the coast to the Wash - and continued there to pay her way
Those storms in87 tried to wreck her - the insurance men said shed have to go.
Brought back - repaired and refitted - once more she was soon out to sea
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Her end ordered from Brussels where - strange decisions are made
They want boats the size of small islands that - take everything from the sea
So this fine and proud old fishing vessel - was told that she would have to go
But instead of going all to pieces - the Cornish men saved her soul
They restored that fine old fishing lugger - to the way - they built her long ago
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Its been one hundred years since she first sailed into - harbour at Folkestone town
That fine and trusted fishing lugger was - truly made - with "Good intent"
Many boats have come and gone their way now - many fine men lost unto the seas
So the FE5 named the Happy Return is - well known by St Peter too
In the next hundred years well still see her - sailing proudly out upon the seas
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Stuart Pendrill
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