Preble Songs

Prebleneck Mother

 

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She was born

Twenty-four years ago

In a little town up north

Called Bath, Maine.

Preble, Bath Iron Works, 1958

Well, she's been

A whole lot of places,

A Whole Lot of Places She's Been

Preble at Okinawa, Japan, 1961	Preble Somewhere off Vietnam, 1965
Preble at San Diego, 1966	Preble at Hong Kong, 1966
Preble at Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam, 1966	Preble at Yokosuka, Japan, 1966
Preble at Panama Canal, 1969
Preble at Philadelphia, 1970	Preble at Acapulco, Mexico, 1970
Preble Sails through the 1970's	Preble at Taiwan, 1972
Preble North Vietnam, 1972	Preble at Subic Bay, Philippines, 1972
Preble at Sasebo, Japan, 1973	Preble at Midway Island, 1974
Preble at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1980	Preble at Suez Canal, 1981
Preble at St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, 1987	Preble at Stavanger Norway, 1989
Preble at Arctic Circle, 1989 Hazing Ritual...	Preble at Desert Storm, 1991
Preble Bridge at Nauticus Museum, 2004

Other Whole Lot of Places She and Her Crews Have Been

Rome, Italy	Punta Delgada, Azores	Seville, Spain
Trinadad	Caracas, Venezuela	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Montevideo, Uruguay	Straights of Magellan	Cartagena, Columbia
Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Bahrain	Valparaiso, Chile
Singapore	Perth, Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
Pago Pago	Rota, Spain	Melbourne, Australia
Bangkok, Thailand	Sattahip, Thailand	Seal Pier, California
New York	San Francisco, California	Lisbon, Portugal
Perth Amboy, New Jersey	St. Johns, Canada	Loch Ewe, Scotland
Den Helder, Netherlands	Tromso, Norway	Portsmouth, England
Corregidor, Philippines	Halifax, Canada	Gaeta, Italy

And she’s caused

A whole lot of pain.

A Whole Lot of Pain.

(Abu Graibe- eat you heart out!)
(Ship's hazing upon crossing the equator- when a wog becomes a shellback...)

Pain 1	Pain 2
Pain 3	Pain 4

 

(Refrain):

And it’s (whew-whew)

Turn-to, commence ship's work

Ship's Work

Ship's Work 1	Ship's Work 4
Ship's Work 3	Ship's Work 7
Ship's Work 5	Ship's Work 6

Got to make this old ship sparklin' shine.

Sparklin' Shining

Well, for six and a half months we’ve been out to sea,

Now it’s time to see that home of mine!

 

Well, you know,

She sure likes to stay away

From foreign ports,

She likes to be

Where no one else wants to go.

She’s quick to take you to places

Like Ras al Haad

But when it’s time for goin’ home,

She’s slow!

 

(Refrain):

And it’s (whew-whew)

Turn-to, commence ship's work

Got to make this old ship sparklin' shine.

Well, for six and a half months we’ve been out to sea,

Now it’s time to see that home of mine!

 

Well,

“P” is for the ports that we didn’t get to see,

Ports We Didn't Get To See

“R” is for the rust in her hull,

Rust In Her Hull

“E” is for EAOS,

EAOS

“B” is for the brightwork,

“L” is for the linehandlers,

“E” is for everything else that’s gone wrong!

 

(Refrain):

And it’s (whew-whew)

Turn-to, commence ship's work

Got to make this old ship sparklin' shine.

Well, for six and a half months we’ve been out to sea,

Now it’s time to see that home of mine!

 

In Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Sung to the tune of "Redneck Mother"

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