The Lifeboat Mona - The Dubliners

Remember December fifty-nine

The howling wind and the driving rain

Remember the gallant men who drowned

On the lifeboat, Mona was her name

The wind it blows and the sea roars 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

Eight men formed that gallant crew

They set their boat against the main

The wind’s so hard and the sea’s so rough

We’ll never see land or home again

Three hours went by and the Mona called

The winds blow hard and the seas run high

In the morning on Carnusty Beach

The Mona and her crew did lie

Five lay drowned in the kelp there

Two were washed up on the shore

Eight men died when the boat capsized

And the eighth 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 land again

Remember December fifty-nine

The howling wind and the driving rain

The men who leave the land behind

And the men who never see land again