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The true story of the crew of the Whitby Lifeboat, who on the 18/19 January 1881 dragged their charge eight miles through six foot snow drifts rather than give up the lives of sailors stranded in Robin Hood's Bay. A truly heroic tale that deserved another song. Enjoy.

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THE PULL


Heave boys heave
I've blisters on my hands
You wouldn't believe
But it's heave boys heave
I vowed I'd do all that I can
And I won't give up a life
No not one single man
No I won't give them up to the sea
Heave boys heave

Was the 18th day of 1881
The worst storm seen in years
The North Sea blizzard black
And howling down
Til all else disappears

Heave boys heave
I've blisters on my hands
You wouldn't believe
But it's heave boys heave
I vowed I'd do all that I can
And I won't give up a life
No not one single man
No I won't give them up to the sea
Heave boys heave

With the wind North-Westerly, well we knew
We'd never make the Bay
"There's men there need us boys"
The skipper said
"And there's another way"

Heave boys heave
I've blisters on my hands
You wouldn't believe
But it's heave boys heave
I vowed I'd do all that I can
And I won't give up a life
No not one single man
No I won't give them up to the sea
Heave boys heave

Those in front they dug, spade in hand
The rest we hauled on rope
And we dragged that lifeboat overland
With the strength men get from hope

Heave boys heave
I've blisters on my hands
You wouldn't believe
But it's heave boys heave
I vowed I'd do all that I can
And I won't give up a life
No not one single man
No I won't give them up to the sea
Heave boys heave

We put to sea and we fought that storm
And brought home all them men
I'm dead-beat now boys, but if I was called
I'd do it all again

Heave boys heave
I've blisters on my hands
You wouldn't believe
But it's heave boys heave
I vowed I'd do all that I can
And I won't give up a life
No not one single man
No I won't give them up to the sea
Heave boys heave


WORDS AND MUSIC
BY
JOE SOLO

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from If Peel Street Could Talk, released January 1, 2011
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Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry.
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