To their own shore came the world war, Gleaves and Ingham Leading the Bury west Took the short way in The long route back convoy 92 Bury Gleaves and Ingham leading Tankers to the west And upon the north atlantic Lies the silence of the seas On a quiet night in the darkest hour The kriegsmarine appear Above the surface it seems quiet and calm Deep down below the wolfpack lurks To their own shore came the world war, Gleaves and Ingham Leading the Bury west In their own track came the wolfpack Gleaves led the conwoy Into the hornet's nest At the crack of dawn the second day Bury stands in flames Half the convoy sunk or disabled Heading back to shore But below the north atlantic On the bottom of the sea On the second night in the darkest hour The kriegsmarine return The wolfpack surface for a second time To make the convoy face its fate To their own shore came the world war, Gleaves and the Ingham Leading the Bury west In their own track came the wolfpack, Gleaves led the convoy Into the hornet's nest Under fire under water May 42 when Bury did fail the test To their own shore came the world war, Gleaves and the Ingham Leading them into death 569 makes the contact and lead them, U-94 scores a kill in the dark, 124 sinking 4 in 2 approaches, 406 suffers failure on launch