U-505 Poem

10 proud British merchant men cruising in a line;

Along came U-505 and then there were nine.

9 proud British merchant men with lookouts not awake,

The U-505 caught one and then there were eight.

8 proud British steamers at a quarter past eleven,

When we squeeze the firing switch, then there are seven.

7 British cargo ships loaded to their sticks,

But after our torpedo hits, there were only six.

6 proud British freighters running for their lives,

One lagged behind and then there were five.

4 proud British steamers were sighted by our crew,

We dive and fire a double shot and then are two.

2 British freighters a big one and a small,

Loewe shot the big one down so then only one.

One little freighter arrived at Portsmouth then,

The BBC and Reuters announced there were ten.

The moral of this story is "Don't believe what your read

in the British papers."