John Patch

(Based on a true story - The inventor of the screw propeller in Yarmouth NS)

If you were alive in the 1830's

You might of heard
If you were alive in the 1830's

And living on, on these shores
 

If you were alive in the 1830's

You might understand

If you were down on the Yarmouth waterfront

You might have seen it, first hand

 

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John Patch was his name

A genius on his way to fame

The screw propeller was his he claims

That's how his story goes

 

To the amazement of hundreds of people

John and his friends

Propelled there tiny boat down the harbor

History was being made

 

You've might have heard but maybe not

In a cabin in Kelley's cove

Taking his time, it was his design

He was on to something great

 

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The calm winds, a thing of the past

On the Royal George

The first propeller was installed on

Captain Robert Kelley's boat

 

From sailing ships to the Titanic

He changed the face of the sea

Others made lots of money off his

Invention in 1833

 

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In 1861 he died

A poor man with no pride

His contribution to this world

We will not let go by

 

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