Lifeboat Mona (Original Mix) Lyrics
Lifeboat Mona (Original Mix) - Ewan MacColl
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name
The wind did blow
And the sea rose up
Bank beat the land with mighty waves
At Saint Andrew's Bay
The light ship
Fought the sea until her moorings gave
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name
The captain signaled to the shore
We must have help or we'll go down
From Broughty Ferry at 2 A M
They sent the lifeboat Mona
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name
Eight men formed that gallant crew
They set their boat against the main
The wind's so hard and
The sea's so rough
We'll never see land or home again
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name
Three hours went by
And the Mona called
The wind blows hard
And the sea runs high
In the morning on Carnusty Beach
The Mona and her crew did lie
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name
Five lay drowned in the Chalon there
Two were washed up on the shore
Eight men died when
The boat capsized
And the eighth is lost forever more
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
The men who leave the land behind
And the men who never see land again
Remember December of fifty-nine
The howling wind and driving rain
Remember the gallant
Men who drowned
On the lifeboat
Mona was her name