The Bob Zentz Songbook: A Life Boat Song

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The Bob Zentz Songbook

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A Lifeboat Song

From Horizons

1. ‘Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar (C-G-C-F)

The waves roll mountains high (C-Am-F-G)

And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore (C-G-C-F)

For a ship on the rocks is nigh (C-G-C)

Not a moment waver our heroes bold (G-C)

As their boat they bravely man (C-F-G)

The fate of a crew in their hands they hold (C-G-C-F)

And they’ll save them if they can (C-G-C)

(chorus) Then gallantly bend to the oars, my lads, (G-C)

And pull with all your might; (F-C-G)

Though loudly the tempest roar, my lads, (C-G-C-F)

There are lives to be saved to-night. (C-G-C)

2. Their loved ones watch on the foam-strewn beach,

And pray, with tear-dimmed eyes,

That the gallant lads their goal may reach,

And snatch from the sea its prize.

Ah! the ship has struck, the billows leap

Triumphant o’er the deck;

In the cruel grasp of the mighty deep

Lies the battered, storm-tossed wreck. (chorus)

3. Though sorely pressed by wind and wave,

The Life-boat men draw nigh

To those they’ve fought so hard to save –

For whom they dared to die.

Thank Heaven! their help is not too late,

And saved are the shipwrecked crew;

So back, brave hearts, to the loves who wait,

And watch on the shore for you. (chorus)

Then gallantly bend to the oars, my lads,

And pull with all your might;

Though loudly the tempest roar, my lads,

Your duty you’ve done tonight.

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