Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
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Remember December 59
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Remem ber the gallant
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On the lifeboat Mona was her name
The wind did blow,
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and the sea rose up ,
and beat the land with mighty
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waves.
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At St. Andrew's Bay,
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un til her moorings gave.
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who drowned on the lifeboat
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Mona was her name.
The captain signaled to the shore,
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From Broughty Ferry at 2 a .m. they sent
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the lifeboat Mona out.
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Remember December 59,
the howling winds and
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Remember the gallant men
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who drowned on the lifeboat
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Mona was her name.
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they set their boat against the main.
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The wind so hard, the sea so rough,
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home again.
Remember December 59,
the howling winds and
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Remember the gallant men
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who drowned on the lifeboat
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Mona was her name.
Three hours went by
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and the mona called.
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In the morning on Carnoustie Beach,
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the mona and her crew did lie.
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Remember December 59,
the howling winds and the
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who drowned on the lifeboat,
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Mona was her name.
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Five lay drowned in the cabin there,
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two were washed up on the shore.
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and the eighth is lost forevermore.
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Remember December 59,
the howling winds and the
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who drowned on the lifeboat
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Mona was her name.
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Remember December 59,
the howling winds and the driving rain.
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The men who leave the land behind
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And the men who'll
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Remember December 59
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On the lifeboat Nona was her name you
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