The Singing Scoutmaster: Mary Ellen Carter, The

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.. She Gwent down last October,

In a Cpouring Ddriving Grain,

The Amskipper he'd been drinking and

The Cmate he felt no Dpain,

Too Gclose to Three Mile Rock and

She was Cdealt her mortal Gblow and

The AmMary Ellen Carter settled Dlow. D

There was Gjust us five aboard her,

When she Cfinally was a-Gwash,

We Amworked like hell to save her,

All Cheedless of the Dcost, and

The Ggroan she gave as she went down,

It Ccaused us to pro-Gclaim,

That the AmMary Ellen DCarter would rise a-Ggain.

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.. Well the Gowners wrote her off,

Not a Cnickel Dwould they Gspend,

'She gave Amtwenty years of service, boys,

Then Cmet her sorry Dend.

But in-Gsurance paid the loss to us,

So Clet her rest be-Glow.',

Then they Amlaughed at us and said we had to Dgo. D

But we Gtalked of her all winter,

Some Cdays around the Gclock.

For she's Amworth a quarter million,

A-Cfloating at the Ddock and

With Gevery jar that hit the bar,

We Cswore we would re-Gmain and

Make the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise a-Ggain!

G.. Rise a-Amgain, Drise a-Ggain, G

That her Cname not be lost,

To the Gknowledge of Dmen,

All Gthose who loved her best and

Were Cwith her D'til the Gend,

Will make the AmMary Ellen DCarter, rise a-Ggain. G

All Gspring now we've been with her,

On a Cbarge lent Dby a Gfriend.

Three Amdives a day in a hardhat suit, and

CTwice I've had the Dbends.

Thank GGod it's only sixty feet, and

The Ccurrents here are Gslow, or

I'd Amnever have the strength to go be-Dlow D

But we've Gpatched her rents stopped her vents,

Dogged Chatch, and portholes Gdown,

Put Amcables to her, fore and aft and

CGirded her a - Dround,

To-Gmorrow noon, we hit the air and

CThen take up the Gstrain, and

Make the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise a-Ggain!

G.. Rise a-Amgain, Drise a-Ggain, G

That her Cname not be lost,

To the Gknowledge of Dmen,

All Gthose who loved her best and

Were Cwith her D'til the Gend,

Will make the AmMary Ellen DCarter, rise a-Ggain. G

For we Gcouldn't leave her there,

You see, to Ccrumble Dinto Gscale.

She'd Amsaved our lives, so many times,

CLiving through the Dgale, and

The Glaughing, drunken rats,

Who left her Cto a sorry Ggrave,

Well, they Amwon't be laughing in another Dday, D

.. And GYou, to whom adversity, has Cdealt the final Gblow,

With Amsmiling bastards lying to you,

CEverywhere you Dgo,

Turn Gto, and put out all your strength,

Of Carm, and heart and Gbrain, and

Like the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise a-Ggain!

GRise a-Amgain, Drise a-Ggain,

GThough your Cheart, it be Cbroken, or

GLife about to Dend,

No Gmatter what you've lost,

Be it a Chome, a Dlove, a Gfriend,

Like the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise a-Ggain

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Like the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise a-Ggain G!