Lifeboat Mona
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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)