Remember December 59
The howling winds and
the driving rain
Remem ber the gallant
men who drowned
On the lifeboat Mona was her name
The wind did blow,
and the sea rose up ,
and beat the land with mighty
waves.
At St. Andrew's Bay,
the light ship fought for sea
un til her moorings gave.
Remember December 59,
the howling winds on the driving rain.
Remember the gallant men
who drowned on the lifeboat
Mona was her name.
The captain signaled to the shore,
we must have help or we'll go down.
From Broughty Ferry at 2 a .m. they sent
the lifeboat Mona out.
Remember December fifty -nine,
the howling winds and
the driving rain.
Remember the gallant men
who drowned on the lifeboat
Mona was her name.
Eight men formed that gallant crew,
they set their boat against the main.
The wind so hard, the sea so rough,
we'll never see land or home
again.
Remember December 59,
the howling winds and
the driving rain.
Remember the gallant men
who drowned on the lifeboat
Mona was her name.
Three hours went by
and the mona called.
The wind blows hard and the seas run high.
In the morning on Carnoustie Beach,
the mona and her crew did lie.
Remember December fifty -nine,
the howling winds
and the driving rain.
Remember the gallant man
who drowned on the lifeboat,
Mona was her name.
Five lay drowned in the cabin there,
two were washed up on the shore.
Eight men died when the
boat capsized,
and the eighth is lost forevermore.
Remember December 59,
the howling winds and the
driving rain.
Remember the gallant men
who drowned on the lifeboat
Mona was her name.
Remember December 59,
the howling winds and the driving rain.
The men who leave the land behind
And the men who'll
never see land again
Remember December 59
The howling winds and
the driving rain
Remember the gallant
men who drowned
On the lifeboat Nona was her name you