Lifeboat Mona    (Listen to sample)

 

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Remember December fifty-nine,

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the howling wind and the driving rain.

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Remember the gallant men who drowned,

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on the lifeboat, Mona was her name.

 

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1. The wind it blows and the sea roars up,

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    beats the land with mighty waves.

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    At St.Andrew's Bay the lightship fought ,

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    the sea until her moorings gave.   + CHORUS

 

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2. The captain signalled to the shore,

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    'We must have help or we'll go down'.

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    From Broughty Ferry at two a.m.

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    they sent the lifeboat Mona.   + CHORUS

 

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3. Eight men formed that gallant crew,

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    they set their boat against the main.

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    The wind's so hard and the sea's so rough,

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    we'll never see land or home again.  + CHORUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. Three hours went by and the Mona called,

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    the winds blow hard and the sea runs high.

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    In the morning on Carnusty Beach,

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    the Mona and her crew did lie.  + CHORUS

 

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5. Five lay drowned in the cabin there,

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    two were washed up on the shore.

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    Eight men died when the boat capsized,

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    and the eighth is lost forever more.  + CHORUS

 

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6. Remember December fifty-nine,

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    the howling wind and the driving rain.

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    The men who leave the land behind,

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    and the men who never see land again.  (repeat))

 

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