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On long cruises having a launderette on board ship was a Godsend. It meant you could wash your flimsies and iron your finery, thus reducing your luggage. You soon learnt it was here that you got to know all the latest ship's gossip. Which could be both amusing and informative.
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                                   Beverley
GOSSIP CENTRE
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If you want to hear the gossip 
going around the ship 


Just gather up your washing 
and make a little trip

 

Down to the launderette 
and in moments you will hear


All the latest gossip
 and what is going on my dear


Like the lady on deck C who's 
been seen flirting with the crew 


Now really my dear that's 
just not the thing to do


Naturally I do not repeat 
all the things I hear


I just pass them on to you 
out of interest, my dear

 

But all the tales and tittle-tattle 
help pass away the time


As I wait for my washing 
or to use the iron 


Yes my dear it's really true and 
it's becoming quite the rage


I sometimes take a book with me  
and never get to turn a page.

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