Lifeboat Mona lyrics and chords
Peggy Seeger, recorded by The Dubliners with Luke Kelly on vocals. The first set of guitar chords are the easy one's and I have also included the Luke Kelly version which are much harder. The sheet music with letter notes are included. Peggy Seeger was the wife of another famous songwriter, Ewan McColl, who went on to give birth to a daughter called Kirsty, who also became a singer and songwriter, who went on to marry a music producer called Steve Lillywhite who done the music production on Fairytale Of New York song. Anyway that's enough rambling for me for one day.
[Am]Remember December[G] fifty-[Am]nine
The howling wind and the[G] driving[E] rain
Re[Am]member the gallant[G] men who[C] drowned
On the[G] lifeboat[Em] Mona[E] was her[Am] name
The wind it blows and the sea roar's up
Beats the land with mighty waves
At St.Andrew's bay the lightship fought
The sea until her moorings gave
The captain signalled to the shore
We must have help or we'll go down
From Broughty Ferry at two a.m
They sent the lifeboat Mona
Three hours went by and the mona called
the wind blows hard and the sea runs high
in the morning of Carnoustie beach
the Mona and her crew did lie
Eight men formed that gallant crew
They set their boats against the main
The wind's so hard and the sea's so rough
We'll never sea land or sea again
Five lay drowned in the cabin there,
two were washed up on the shore
Eight men died when the boat capsized
and the eight is lost forever more.
Remember December fifty-nine
the howling wind and the driving rain
The men who leave the land behind
and the men who never see their homes again.
The howling wind and the[G] driving[E] rain
Re[Am]member the gallant[G] men who[C] drowned
On the[G] lifeboat[Em] Mona[E] was her[Am] name
The wind it blows and the sea roar's up
Beats the land with mighty waves
At St.Andrew's bay the lightship fought
The sea until her moorings gave
The captain signalled to the shore
We must have help or we'll go down
From Broughty Ferry at two a.m
They sent the lifeboat Mona
Three hours went by and the mona called
the wind blows hard and the sea runs high
in the morning of Carnoustie beach
the Mona and her crew did lie
Eight men formed that gallant crew
They set their boats against the main
The wind's so hard and the sea's so rough
We'll never sea land or sea again
Five lay drowned in the cabin there,
two were washed up on the shore
Eight men died when the boat capsized
and the eight is lost forever more.
Remember December fifty-nine
the howling wind and the driving rain
The men who leave the land behind
and the men who never see their homes again.
Here are the guitar chords as played by The Dubliners
[C#m]Remember December[B] fifty-[C#m]nine
The howling [G#m]wind and the driving rain
Re[C#m]member the gallant men who drowned
On the[F#m] lifeboat Mona[G#m] was her[C#m] name
[C#m]Remember December[B] fifty-[C#m]nine
The howling [G#m]wind and the driving rain
Re[C#m]member the gallant men who drowned
On the[F#m] lifeboat Mona[G#m] was her[C#m] name
