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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.

Into oilskins and sou'westers, rubber boots pulled up high, down to the shore line
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. Let’s pull together.

Not for glory not for fame.
Not for remuneration.
True noblemen, self sacrificing.
Risking their lives, time upon time.

October 1941, English Trader has 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.

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 crewe
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

Fisherman for life, working the coast with pots and ropes.
Fishing for crabs, hiring out deckchairs to holiday makers.

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from New Forms Of Life (live at the Oakwood), released February 1, 2019

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