It would have been as though he [Pres. Johnson] were in a boat of ston — Ships

"Her plates are scarred by the sun, dear lass, And her ropes are taut with the dew, For were booming down on the old trail, our own trail, the out trail. Were sagging south on the Long Trail, the trail that is always new."

"We came across from Korea We braved the wind and the rain We came a thousand miles just to be here And you want to send we back again We crossed Malaysian waters We sailed the South China Sea We stopped at Singapore and Jakarta And you want to send we back to sea Dont send we back, have mercy upon us We know you dont want us but weve got no one Dont send we back, weve run out of water We wont last the morning in the baking sun The Indonesian Islands We stopped at every one As for the Philippines we tried em And you want to turn our boat around."

"For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind? The air is cut away before, And closes from behind."

"It is of great importance that the laws by which the contracts of so numerous and so useful a body of men as the sailors are supposed to be guided, should not be overturned."

"She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife."

"She comes majestic with her swelling sails, The gallant Ship: along her watery way, Homeward she drives before the favouring gales; Now flirting at their length the streamers play, And now they ripple with the ruffling breeze."