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
ch
She had no rudder nor sails
Might have capsized in the gales
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
She had no rudder nor sails
ch
Five hundred lives from the sea
Five hundred dying set free
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
Five hundred lives from the sea
ch
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
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
ch
She had no rudder nor sails
Might have capsized in the gales
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
She had no rudder nor sails
ch
Five hundred lives from the sea
Five hundred dying set free
One open lifeboat - and brave volunteers
Five hundred lives from the sea
ch
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
