The Lifeboatmen

Fisherman for life, working the coast with pots and ropes
 Fishing for crabs, hiring out deckchairs to holiday makers
 But when the call comes, even in the gloom of the night
 Like a real-life adventure hero
 Dragging the launch across the sand
 Into the dark
 The strength of the oarsmen against the pull of wind and tide
 Hold the lantern high
 They brave waves higher than houses to save lives, higher than houses
 Volunteers ready to face anything that the sea can throw at them
 Determination judgement, sweating mariners stretched to the limit
 As they pull, heave into the sea
 Pull together!
 Pull together!
 Come on boys, pull together!
 Pull together!
 Not for glory, not for fame, not for remuneration
 True noblemen, self sacrificing, risking their lives, time upon time
 October 1941, English Traders run aground on Hammond Knoll, 1.30 AM
 Can you hear the grinding, crunching, shaking?
 Wind approaching gale force
 Forty foot waves crash across the deck
 Lifeboat H.F. Bailey sets out from Cromer, repelled by wind and tide
 They try again and again and again and again
 They brave waves higher than houses to save lives, higher than houses
 Volunteers ready to face anything that the sea can throw at them
 Not for glory, not for fame, not for remuneration
 True noblemen, self sacrificing, risking their lives, time upon time
 The lifeboat men worked their way to the craft
 Worked for hours through the dawn to bring survivors to land
 Forty men and a dog owe their lives to this crew
 Survivors pulled through
 They brave waves higher than houses to save lives, higher than houses
 Volunteers ready to face anything that the sea can throw at them
 They brave waves higher than houses to save lives, higher than houses
 Volunteers ready to face anything that the sea can throw at them
 Fisherman for life, working the coast with pots and ropes
 Fishing for crabs, hiring out deckchairs to holidaymakers