Milow - Herald Of Free Enterprise

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this is the legend of eight sisters , herald was the famous one
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it happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm
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it was 1987 and winter nearly gone
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on that friday running late with rolling off and rolling on

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trucks and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side
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someone had to close the back door
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that day it must have slipped his mind
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he was fast asleep in his cabin , tired from cleaning out the hall
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while passengers were eating , indulging duty – free – for – all

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in just ninety seconds , right down to the wire

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sailing with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in
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as they passed the outer mole the disaster could begin
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a hundred yards from the shore right outside a belgian port
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the lights went out the ship turned around and fell to starboard
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then nothing but silence , silence and the cold
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herald and her sisters never fit the mold

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in just ninety seconds , right down to the wire

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two months later she was refloated a final one – way trip exchange
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pensioned off into the thirld world where they named her flushing range
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but in ’ 88 she broke in two , probably because of guilt
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pride and spirit changed their names
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they were all doomed since they were built

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in just ninety seconds , right down to the wire

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this is the legend of eight sisters , herald was the famous one
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it happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm
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i was just a boy then , holding Daddy ’ s hands
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watching on tv how herald ’ s time came to an end