FIRST WATCH
I'm no probie now
Today I turned fourth grade
Tonight I stand my first
Full watch alone, the three to six
It's a lonely lonesome watch
And sometimes very quiet
Except for those funny noises
Coming from the rig.
The lieutenant said it's just
That the rig is settling
Nothing else !
Big Pat McDonough has
Another story. says he
It's the ghosts of firemen
Who've stood their last late
Watch long long ago
And come back and visit
In the wee hours of the morn
And cllimb up on the truck.
Bill Hyland, Fireman Fourth Grade
Ladder Company 10, FDNY, 3/1/1938
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