Key: F major
Verse 1
sweeping across the valley
and echoing along the shore.
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a sad and solemn wail.
Lost on the Lady Elgin,
who failed to reach the shore.
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Staunch was the noble steamer,
precious the freight she bore,
Grandly she swept our harbour,
joyfully rang her bell,
Little thought we e 'er mourning,
to a toll so sad a knell.
Lost on the Lady Elgin,
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Numbered with those three hundred,
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A thunderstorm at midnight,
big seas began to roll.
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from a schooner bearing pine.
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An eerie silent shrouded all,
Lost on the Lady Elgin,
who failed to reach the shore.
Oh, here's to Captain Wilson,
may his soul forever rest,
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for every woman, man, and child,
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He bravely faced the elements
Lost on the Lady Elgin,
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who failed to reach the shore.
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And here's to Edward Spencer
who lived along the shore.
That night the waves
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with cries above the roar.
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another's soul to safety asking,
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did I do my best?
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but orphans woke at dawn.
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Sisters for brothers weeping,
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husbands for missing wives,
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such were the ties dissevered
Lost on the lady Elgin,
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who failed to reach the shore.
Lost on the Lady Elgin,
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who failed to reach the shore.
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