Bob Gibson - ____Granddad

One day I said Granddad, did you go to sea?
Yes lad, I was a submariner, and a tale I'll tell to thee
We were off the coast of Scotland, forty thousand fathoms deep
It was very dark and eerie, and we couldn't hear a peep!

Somewhere in the distance we saw this yellow light
So we went to investigate, it gave us all a fright
Through the periscope we saw, a Spanish galleon of old
Sat there on the sea bed, it made our blood run cold

For atop the mission mast, in plain view of us all
An oil lamp was burning, so we slowed down to a crawl
A cannon's gun turret opened, we were most alarmed
Who would of thought a sunken ship, would still be armed!

A projectile shot out from the turret, at an alarming speed
Not a cannon ball! but a squid, it was all agreed!
Then the darkest cloud, started to cover the ship
We just watched in awe, then our radar gave a blip

Now i'll tell you what we saw!
A giant squid!

It had eight tentacles a hundred feet, or more
Slithering towards us along the ocean floor
We put the sub on alert, and engines full ahead
We hightailed it out of there, and nothing more was said

Granddad fell asleep, a book was in his hand
'Twenty thousand leagues under the sea'
I think now I understand

Bob Gibson

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