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Song Parodies -> "Lost at Sea"

Original Song Title:

"Away to Sea"

Original Performer:

Traditional

Parody Song Title:

"Lost at Sea"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

The RMS Lancastria was a British Cunard liner sunk on 17 June 1940 during World War II with the loss of an estimated 4,000 plus lives. It is the worst single loss of life in British maritime history and the bloodiest single engagement for UK forces (in terms of lives lost), in the whole conflict and claimed more lives than the combined losses of Titanic and Lusitania. She was sunk off the French port of St. Nazaire while taking part in Operation Ariel, the evacuation of British nationals and troops from France, two weeks after the Dunkirk evacuation. After a short overhaul, she left Liverpool on 14 June under Captain Rudolph Sharp (born 27 October 1885) and arrived in the mouth of the Loire river estuary on 16 June. She anchored 11 miles south-west of St. Nazaire. By the mid-afternoon of 17 June, she had embarked an unknown number (estimates range from 4,000 up to 9,000), of civilian refugees (including embassy staff, employees of Fairey Aviation of Belgium), line-of-communication troops (such as Pioneer and RASC soldiers) and RAF personnel. The ship's official capacity was 2,200 including the 375 man crew. Captain Sharp had been instructed by the Royal Navy to "load as many men as possible without regard to the limits set down under international law". At 1:50 pm, during an air-raid, the nearby Oronsay a 20,000-ton Orient liner, was hit on the bridge by a German bomb. The Lancastria was free to depart and advised by the captain of the British destroyer HMS Havelock (H88) to leave, but without a destroyer escort against possible submarine attack, Sharp decided to wait. A fresh air raid began before 4 pm. Lancastria was bombed at 15:48 by Junkers 88 aircraft from II.Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 30. Three direct hits caused the ship to list first to starboard then to port; she rolled over and sank within twenty minutes. Over 1,400 tons of fuel oil leaked into the sea and was set partially on fire, possibly by strafing. Many drowned, were choked by the oil or were shot by the strafing German aircraft. Survivors were taken aboard other evacuation vessels, the trawler Cambridgeshire rescuing 900. There were 2,477 survivors. The death toll accounted for roughly a third of the total losses of the British Expeditionary Force in France. She sank around 5 nmi (9.3 km) south of Chémoulin Point in the Charpentier roads, around 9 nmi (17 km) from St. Nazaire. ~Wiki
British Cunard liner
Sunk on June 17, 1940
Seven thousand souls aboard her
Worst (British) maritime loss in history

Four thousand lost at sea
Some carried by the waves
Many more drowned deep inside her
Lost to a watery grave

Operation Ariel
After Dunkirk, two weeks
Removing Foreign nationals
German bombers did seek

RMS Lancastria
Hit by Ju-88s
Three hits- right on target
Thus, had sealed her deadly fate
(but 2477 escaped)

Four thousand lost at sea
Some carried by the waves
Many more drowned inside her
Lost to a watery grave

British Cunard liner
Sunk on June 17, 1940
7000 souls aboard her
Worst (British) maritime loss in history

Lost at sea
Lost at sea
Lost at sea
Terrible German victory
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WCJ - August 27, 2011 - Report this comment
Did you make another mistake with this one? I think it's the third time you've posted it, but it doesn't matter though, it's still a great parody no matter how many times it's posted! 555! :-)
Rob Arndt - August 27, 2011 - Report this comment
No, just one major error of the ship's name Lancastria, not Lancastrian... which was a British bomber that followed the Lancaster!!!
Rob Arndt - August 28, 2011 - Report this comment
Should be more specific- the Avro 691 Lancastrian was derived from the Avro Lancaster bomber and made into a passenger and transport aircraft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancastrian

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