Star

In the Belfast yard where she was made of Harland-Wolff design

The plan was struck to build three ships that funds would not define

The gantry raised up in '08, a nameless liner rose

To make the journeys to New York in record time and so

She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall

Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more

She'll run for decades more

Olympic soon became her stamp, no finer ship did sail

Smoking rooms and Turkish baths and palm trees rail to rail

As sleek and striking as could be, and speed second to none

She sailed from Portsmouth Dock and showed the world how it was done

She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall

Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more

She'll run for decades more

The Hawke was running 'long her side around the Isle of Wight

A swing to starboard up and took the helmsman by surprise

Two holes were punched into her side and water flooded in

She staggered back to Portsmouth Dock and lived to sail again

She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall

Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more

She'll run for decades more

Titanic sank into the depths, Britannic joined her too

Through the wars, Olympic kept on sailing sure and true

Missions out in open sea with U-boats in her stead

Damn near cut them clean in two and sank them to the bed

She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall

Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more

She'll run for decades more

Now, every dog must have its day and all good things must pass

Shipyards forged much bigger crafts that dwarfed her in her class

The trips were few and fares declined, the world marched on ahead

They pulled her down in Jarrow town, still striking to 'til end

She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall

Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she'll run for decades more

She'll run for decades more

She'll run for decades more