The Willows - The Visitor 



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The Visitor from Whitby Town 

Was wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay 

Their crew with a longboat, spied offshore 
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At the breaking of the day 


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Like Robin Hood, we no lifeboat had 
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No answer to their pleas 
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So the lifeboat men from Whitby Town 

Did brave the raging seas 




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N.C.        C                            Em    D 
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow 
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Taking nothing was there for granted 
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Using hope to their advantage 
       D 
As they hauled 
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So when you're face to face with a desperate plight 

Think about Henry Freeman's night 
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Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight 
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But they never sought dawn 


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Those brave young men battling the seas 

Were knocked back by raging gale 

They had no chance of landing her 
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No point in setting sail 


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So they hauled their lifeboat onto the shore 
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Wet from all the spray 
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And they pulled that boat down to Scarborough Bow 

Down to Robin Hood's Bay 




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N.C.        C                            Em    D 
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow 
       C 
Taking nothing was there for granted 
      G               C 
Using hope to their advantage 
       D 
As they hauled 
               C 
So when you're face to face with a desperate plight 

Think about Henry Freeman's night 
                                        G             C 
Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight 
N.C.                  Em   C    Em  C 
But they never sought dawn 


     G 
From Whitby and from Robin Hood's Bay 

The men came mountain roads 

Shovelling through the snowdrifts as 
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They toiled across the moors 


     G 
They lowered her down the steepest cliffs 
                D 
Into the raging seas 
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And the brave men onboard battled through the surf 

But this time wasn't to be 



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N.C.        C                            Em    D 
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow 
       C 
Taking nothing was there for granted 
      G               C 
Using hope to their advantage 
       D 
As they hauled 
               C 
So when you're face to face with a desperate plight 

Think about Henry Freeman's night 
                                        G             C 
Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight 
N.C.                  Em   C    Em  C 
But they never sought dawn 


G 
Back to the shore, a fresh cool wind 

They launched back out to sea 

With John Scouten guiding them 
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Through rocks and through debris 


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The Visitor's crew were saved  
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The peoples worked as one 
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So I drink to them and the families 

To all that they have done 

 

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N.C.        C                            Em    D 
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow 
       C 
Taking nothing was there for granted 
      G               C 
Using hope to their advantage 
       D 
As they hauled 
               C 
So when you're face to face with a desperate plight 

Think about Henry Freeman's night 
                                        G             C 
Could have written them off, could have stopped their flight 
N.C.                  Em    C    Em  C 
But they never sought dawn 
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But they never sought dawn 
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But they never sought