Lifeboat Mona Lyrics

Lifeboat MonaChorus:Remember December fifty-nineThe howling wind and the driving rainRemember the gallant men who drownedOn the lifeboat, Mona was her nameThe wind it blows and the sea roars upBeats the land with mighty wavesAt St.Andrew's Bay the lightship foughtThe sea until her moorings gaveChorus,The captain signalled to the shore'We must have help or we'll go down'From Broughty Ferry at two a.m.They sent the lifeboat MonaChorus,Eight men formed that gallant crewThey set their boat against the mainThe wind's so hard and the sea's so roughWe'll never see land or home againChorus,Three hours went by and the Mona calledThe winds blow hard and the seas run highIn the morning on Carnusty BeachThe Mona and her crew did lieChorus,Five lay drowned in the kelp thereTwo were washed up on the shoreEight men died when the boat capsizedAnd the eighth is lost forever moreChorus,Remember December fifty-nineThe howling wind and the driving rainThe men who leave the land behindAnd the men who never see land againRemember December fifty-nineThe howling wind and the driving rainThe men who leave the land behindAnd the men who never see land again