The song is Don't Take the Hero's
Written by Roz and Neil Kimber of the
Kimber's Men
(scroll down. Another song worth listening to is on their CD by the same title (Don't Take the Hero's) is Frobisher Bay

Here's the story behind the song, the song is on their web site.

The folks you heard singing it was Joanne Suza, Dave & his son 19 yr old Colin de la Barre who along with his mother Rose Sheehan (who wasn't there) do woderful harmonies. I think Pete Suza was in there somewhere on the chorus, to gether they're all called "3 Sheets to the Wind" & are just a part of a larger group that's been restoring the Gloucester Schooner the Schooner Adventure. You can also hear them every Tuesday evening in Gloucester, Ma at their evening shanty session held at Cameron's resturant.



In 1981 in the late afternoon of December 20th the Union Star travelling from Denmark to Ireland reported engine failure eight miles east of Wolf Rock Lighthouse, south west Cornwall. The weather conditions were treacherous, indeed they were so bad the coxswain of the local RNLI lifeboat the Soloman Browne would only take one member from any one family in the rescue attempt. The winds were coming from the south east at hurricane force 12, gusting to 90 knots with the sea reaching 60ft high. Many of the crew of the Soloman Browne were fishermen and all were from the close-knit fishing community of Mousehole. All lives on both ships were lost. It was reported that one large wave washed the lifeboat onto the decking of the Union Star, the next washed it off again. Coming so close to Christmas many families were left fatherless and the country responded by sending Christmas presents to the bereaved families. This song written by Roz and Neil Kimber is our tribute to the brave men and women who world wide put their own lives at risk to save the lives of others, but especially to the volunteers who serve in the RNLI.

Barry