A poem written by Josephine Crawford and published in the North Devon Journal in February 1911

Oh! Come with me to Barricane Beach

Down this little path one is sure to reach

The shell-strewn sands-the sands of gold

That house their treasure-to have and hold!

And waves come tumbling, rumbling, grumbling, 

From over the sea to you and me.

There are lovers’ walks at Barricane beach

And the old-time lesson that love can teach

Is whispered low to a music wild

To song of wave and laughter of child

Oh, the waters come roaming, foaming – homing

From a far-off shore for evermore.

The shadows lie soft on Barricane Beach

And the sunset glows with the shade of a peach,

And drops a carpet of wonderous hue – 

Something between green and blue;

And the waves come dashing, splashing, flashing

About our feet with lullaby sweet.

On, the heart keeps young at Barricane Beach

Nature there has a lesson to teach

In the children’s laughter that rises free,

In their joy of life by the Summer sea;

While the waves come singing, ringing – bringing

On a breast that swells their burden of shells