Dinky 'Dory


Dinky was a little boat
So small you couldn't believe
She had a tiny sail on top
To catch the gentle breeze

A little yacht for one or two
She floated past the quay
Red and white her colours flew
Her pennant flying free

The water lapping past her bow
Sang quite a joyful song
The seagulls drifting on the tide
Swam happily along

Dinky Dory skipped and bobbed
To crest each coming wave
Down past the harbour light she sailed
A cockleshell so brave

To meet the open sea at last
To feel the heaving swell
Dinky Dory sailing on
Swept past the marker bell

The seaside crowd admired her shape
Her pretty colours too
She surged along beneath the sky
Her sail full blown and blue

Then suddenly she stopped quite still
Becalmed for all to see
The wind had dropped and Dinky was
Marooned with you and me



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