The Lifeboat Mona

[Chorus]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

[Verse 1]
The wind it blows and the sea rose up
Beats the land with mighty waves
At St. Andrew's Bay the lightship fought
The sea until her moorings gave

[Chorus]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remеmber the gallant men who drownеd
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

[Verse 2]
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 Mona

[Chorus]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

[Verse 4]
Three hours went by and the Mona called
The winds blow hard and the seas run high
In the morning on Carnusty Beach
The Mona and her crew did lie

[Chorus]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

[Verse 5]
Five lay drowned in the cabin there
Two were washed up on the shore
Eight men died when the boat capsized
And the eighth is lost forever more

[Chorus]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

[Refrain]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
The men who leave the land behind
And the men who never see land again

[Refrain]
Remember December fifty-nine
The howling wind and the driving rain
The men who leave the land behind
And the men who never see land again