Last summer, someone sang to me a wonderfully funny song. Can't remember the title, but it told the story of some shipwrecked sailors calling frantically for help while the brave and stouthearted lighthouse-keeper's daughter rowed out and rescued them.

"But she had an English heart, and she knew how to handle a boat... Help! Help! came the desperate cry; they were still afloat." That's the only bit I actually remember.