HMS Kirkliston
M1157

 

Ode to the 6th MCMS

(sung to the tune of the "Wild Rover")

 

We’ve been on the Kirkliston for many a year
We’ve run out of Water but never of Beer
You can say what you want about Ship’s of the Fleet
But the good Ship Kirkliston you never will beat

Sing we go minehunting
The seas we continually roam
While we do your sea time
You need never leave home
Our base it is Hong Kong but not that you’d know
If sea time is called for the Kirk has to go
Don’t think that we drip, Sir, for we are a pawn
While the Squadron’s still sleeping we sail out at dawn

Sing we go minehunting
The seas we continually roam
While we do your sea time
You need never leave home
One day when on passage the horizon we scan
And find that alone we sail to Japan
But the rest of the Fleet will be here before long
Then we get a signal they’re not leaving Hong Kong

Sing we go minehunting
The seas we continually roam
While we do your sea time
You need never leave home
When at sea we are needed as a Squadron we work
That’s the Bozzy the Sherry the Hubby the Kirk
We have one more ship that we dare not name
As doing no sea time is its claim to fame

Sing we go minehunting
The seas we continually roam
While we do your sea time
You need never leave home
Let no more be said for we hold you no Grudge
For we know that one day from the Jetty you’ll Budge
But believe us don’t worry we’ll do your job too
On our shoulders you’re heavy but that’s nothing new

Sing we go minehunting
The seas we continually roam
While we do your sea time
You need never leave home
We’ve been on the Kirkliston for many a year
We’ve run out of Water but never of Beer
You can say what you want about Ships of the Fleet
But the good Ship Kirkliston you never will beat.

HMS Kirkliston
6th Mine Counter Measures Squadron
Hong Kong (October 1969 - September 1971)

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