Lighthouse

The Eddystone Light (Smeaton's Tower) in 1968. The lighthouse is located on the park and seafront promenade known as Plymouth Hoe, a grassy hill overlooking the town and harbor of Plymouth, England.

Smeaton's Tower 1968

Smeaton's Tower Today

In center frame you can just make out a modern addition, the Plymouth Dome, which has an overview of the city's history from the great explorer James Cook to the WWII blitz.

The Eddystone Light

Smeaton's Tower today.

My Father Was the Keeper
of the Eddystone Light

My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light
And he slept with a mermaid one fine night
From this union there came three
A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me

Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free, oh, for a life on the rolling sea

One night while I was a-trimmin' of the glim
A-singin' a verse from the evening hymn
A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!",
And there was my mother a-sittin' on a buoy

Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free, oh, for a life on the rolling sea

"Oh, what has become of my children three?"
My mothеr then she asked of mе
"One was exhibited as a talking fish
And the other was served in a chafing dish"

Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free, oh, for a life on the rolling sea

Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair
I looked again, and my mother wasn't there
A voice come a-echoing out through the night:
"To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light!"

Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free, oh, for a life on the rolling sea

(Words to this sea chantey added by admin - jah 1/22)