Five days it took to cross the sea
Queenstown to New York
The age of steam and steam ships
Glasgow city pride
Magnificent constructions
Glamorous too inside
RMS Caronia has a special place
In my mind in my family
Great Aunt Ellen took this ship
June Nineteen O Nine
Going to America
And all that she might find
She found a husband found a home
Found a family
Living in Chicago
Gangsters on the spree
Blessed with little children
Life sailing along
Until a fateful day
And a sad funereal song
The RMS Caronia
Still sailed the open sea
Carrying its passengers
To new lives hopefully
She was the first to warn of ice
To a ship then New York bound
1912 the fateful year
Titanic the fateful sound
Brian Fahy
6 November 2021
Erris Poetry 