Key: A major
Verse 1
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G
C
a vessel in distress
there's a gale in from the west
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G
So not to be defeated, Jack has an idea
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To haul a lifeboat overland
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G
Thirteen miles as hard as hell,
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Cm
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eighteen men by the wayside fell
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G
20 haulers tough as rock
With 18 horses pulling on
pushing on through
To Paula
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G
Call every hip or body
In a greater common cause
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G
Now on ward through the squally
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C
G
With tired arms and heavy legs
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F
G
13 miles as hard as hell,
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G
20 hard as tough as rock,
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G
with 18 horses pulling on,
pushing on through to Porlo
Dig deep then dig again friends,
Countersbury Hill
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All 10 tonne at 10 metre,
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Thirteen miles as hard as hell,
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with eighteen horses pulling on,
pushing on through to parlor
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G
Down with wall and gatepost,
we'll widen out the road
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G
Miss Marlowe in her cottage,
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C
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13 miles as hard as hell,
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Cm
C
18 men by the wayside fell
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with 18 horses pulling or pushing on
through to Porlo
At last we made the weir,
her 18 lives were saved
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Well, we recall it proudly,
when a storm does blow and roar
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The story of Louisa,
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13 miles as hard as hell,
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20 haul as tough as rock,
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with 18 horses pulling off,
pushing on
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G
13 miles as hard as hell
With 18 horses pulling on, pushing on
Through to Pollock
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