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 ^^