Here is my song for the people who have to go out crabbing on Christmas eve..often stormy weather, they go to close to shore etc. And for the people who wait for them to come home..

Based on storm a few years ago and the daughter-in-law of a crab fisherman..not sure if her husband does or not. I lived on Klipsan Beach at the time and counted the lights..and could barely stand up in the wind...

Good news good news good news he said they've settled on a price
But to have him home this Christmas Eve it would have been so nice
A storm is brewing off the coast a warning dark and dim
And he the man I love the most thinks it does not mean for him

I light a candle all aglow it flickers in my hand
The wind will blow it out I know I stick it in the sand
Waves roll over waves roll under waves can flip the boat
I know he's good and yet I wonder how he stays afloat

I stand alone on Klipsan Beach the boats are in a line
Their lights seem close within my reach I think I counted nine
Nine went to the crabbing site to bounce upon the foam
Nine went out this stormy night nine better make it home.


mg