Friday 3 February 2012

Zetland - The Lifesaver

chorus
Nine metres long and three metres wide
Ten oars and seventy-eight years
Saving the men who all might have died
But for Zetland
and Redcar's Volunteers

Greathead's design was the best
Better - by far - than the rest
One open lifeboat and brave volunteers
Greathead's design was the best

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She had no rudder nor sails
Might have capsized in the gales
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
She had no rudder nor sails

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Five hundred lives from the sea
Five hundred dying set free
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
Five hundred lives from the sea

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Valued for two hundred years
One of the best souvenirs
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
Valued for two hundred years

Nine metres long and three metres wide
Ten oars and seventy-eight years
Saving the men who all might have died
But for Zetland
and Redcar's Volunteers

C 2002 Charlotte Peters Rock

1 comment:

nick Coleman said...

hello Charlotte.
Where can I buy or download your songs?? I have a couple of yours but I lost one you did on the f& M outbreak years back. (i am a farmer)
I have read and admired your work for fifteen or more years - it should be up among the greats.
Nick Coleman, nick@nickcoleman.net