Poppa was a sailor man

Poppa was a sailor man
Where ever  he sailed his boat
Was his home
Poppa was a Viking man
Travelling all over the world
Where ever he can
Came to our distant shores
In Australia during the war
Found his wife to be
Evelyn Cranswick 
Was her name
Poppa was a sailor at war
Where ever those ships sailed
Was his home
Three ships sank 
Beneath the waves
Each time only he was saved
He returned to shore
Always going back for more
Yes he kept returning: he
Was a true man of the sea
Disappeared for ten long years
Wife and son left at home
Yes: alone to face their fears
Returned to shore 
After that long war
Two more sons were born
Richard the eldest
Mark and finally Timothy
Sadness was to be their song
PTSD was what was wrong
Poppa died in 1962
Brain aneurism was to blame
Left behind: shattered wife and sons
Never to return to shore
Valhalla his destination
That's for sure!