The Mary Ellen Carter chords by Hadrian's Wall

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Oh,
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she went on last October
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in the pouring, driving rain
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The skipper he'd been drinkin'
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and the mate he felt no pain
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Too close to Three Mile Rock
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and she was dealt her mortal blow
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Then the Mary Ellen Carter settled low
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There was just us five aboard her
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when she finally was awash
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We worked like hell to save her,
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all heedless of the cost
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And  the groan she
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gave as she went down,
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it caused us to proclaim
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That the Mary Ellen Carter
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would rise again
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Well, the owners wrote her off
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and not a nickel would they spend
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She gave twenty years of service,
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and met her sorry end
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But insurance paid the loss to us,
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so let her rest below
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And they laughed at us
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and said we had to go
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But we talked of her all winter,
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some days around the clock
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For she's worth a port -a -million,
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a -floating at the dock
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And with every jar that hit the bar,
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we swore we would remain
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And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
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Rise again, rise again,
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That I may not be lost
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to the knowledge of men,
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For those who loved her best
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and were with her till the end,
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Will make the memory
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of the charter rise again.
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I'll spring now even with her,
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upon the barge and by a friend
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Three dives a day and a hard hat suit
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and twice I've had the fence
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Thank God it's only sixty feet
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and the currents here are slow
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I'd never have the strength to go below
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But we patched her rents,
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stuffed her vents,
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docked, hatched and portaled down
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Oh, put cables to her fore
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and aft and girded her round
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Tomorrow noon we'll hit the air
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And then take up a strain
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and make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
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Rise again, rise again
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That her gain not be lost
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to the knowledge of men
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Oh, those who love her best
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and were with her till the end
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Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
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Oh, we couldn't leave her there,
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to crumble and to scale
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She'd saved our lives so many times,
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living through the gale
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And  the laughing drunken rats
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who left her to a   sorry grave
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They won't be laughing in another day
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In you to home adversity
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has dealt the final blow
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Oh, a smiling Baston's
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lying to you everywhere you go
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Turn to and put out all your strength
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of arm and heart and brain
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And make Mary Ellen Carter
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rise again
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Rise again, rise again
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Although your heart it be broken
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And life about to en d
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No matter what you've lost
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Be at a home, a love, a friend
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Like the Mary of Antwerp to rise again,
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rise again, rise again,
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although your heart it be broken
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and life about to end,
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no matter what you lost,
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be at a home, a love friend,
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like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
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