LIFEBOAT MONA, as sung by the Dubliners on The Luke Kelly Collection

Lifeboat Mona
Chorus
Remember December fiftynine
The howling winds and the driving rain
Remember the galant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

The wind did blow and the sea rose up
Beat the land with mighty waves
At Saint Andrew's Bay the light ship fought
The sea until her moorings gave

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 out.

Eight men formed that galant 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

Three hours went by and the Mona called
The wind blows hard and the sea runs high
In the morning on Carnoustie Beach
The Mona and her crew did lie

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 for evermore

Remember December fiftynine
The howling wind and the driving rain
The men who leave the land behind
And the men who never see land again
^^

Andreas

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