Here it is, Lidi:

The Lifeboat "Mona"

(Words and Music: Peggy Seeger Copyright: 1960 Stormking Music Inc., New York)

1. The wind did blow and the sea rose up,
and beat the land with mighty waves,
at St.Andrews Bay the lightship fought
the sea until her moorings quave.

Ch: Remember December, '59,
the howling wind and the driving rain,
remember the gallant men who drowned
on the lifeboat, 'Mona' was her name.

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' out. Chorus

3. Eight men formed that gallant crew
they set the boat against the main,
the wind's so hard and the sea's so rough,
we'll never see land or home again. Ch

4. Three hours went by and the 'Mona' called
"The wind blows hard and the seas run high."
In the morning on Carnoustie Beach
the 'Mona' and her crew did lie. Ch

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 2: Remember December, '59,
the howling wind and the driving rain,
the men who leave the land behind
and the men who'll never see land again.^^

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