Attention All Shipping

Wouldn't the Shipping Forecast be even better if it included information about the sea monsters? Attention All Shipping There is forecast misfortune in Forties Let Portland prepare for the worst Run fearful and frightened from South East Iceland It feels like the Faeroes are cursed. The Shannon sank north of Utsira A calamity still unexplained The weather was fair, just a breeze in the air Yet splinters were all that remained We hauled in the only survivor Ten minutes more, he'd have drowned We hoped he'd make sense of the chain of events -- What sent the Shannon down? There are warnings of horror in Humber In Hebrides, Thames and in Tyne Peril in Plymouth, danger in Dover, In Lundy, your Sole's on the line. I've heard my fair share of stories I'm well-versed in maritime lore But the beast of a whale in the Fisher-man's tale Was not one I'd heard of before Its head was as high as the topmast Its teeth were the size of a sail It reeked as it roared, he was swept overboard Thrown by th