My Moments in Time

By Doddy

Does the Tne run sweet in Heaven


I took this photograph today when I went to buy fresh local fish. I remember when I was a child this area was full of fishing vessels. My Dad was a fisherman going off on 10 day trips out of North Shields the mouth of the River Tyne to Iceland and I didn't appreciate what a tough job it was for him to enable him to bring home money. When he died the Fishermans Mission gave me the following poem which I hold very dear to me.

Is there a Port of Tyne in Heaven, Lord?
Is there a sight of the river there?
Does the High Light burn and the tides still turn?
Does the Tyne run sweet in Heaven?
For I am a child of the River
And the Tyne runs through my life
Forgive me, Lord, but I could not be
Where the living water I could not see.
Does the Tyne run sweet in Heaven?
Will the Port of Tyne open for me?

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