Thread: Poems and Verse you know by heart
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Old 03-22-2020, 03:27 AM   #25
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As a kid brought up associated with boats and the sea I used to enjoy John Masefield's Sea-Fever
I find it impossible to read that poem without thinking of Spike Milligan's version:

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky.
I left my shoes and socks there — I wonder if they're dry?
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