Lilo-ing into the Blue

Lilo-ing into the blue

Out of the water you come

Down off the cliff

Over the rocks and the sand

to the shore

You have a need to go out

Take every risk strange and new

Pick desperation then shout

Shout for help from the lifeboat crew

Out of the water you come

Down off the cliff

Over the rocks and the sand

to the shore

Surfing the rollers all day

Lilo-ing into the blue

Sailing - not knowing the way

Shout for help from the lifeboat crew

Out of the water you come

Down off the cliff

Over the rocks and the sand

to the shore

When the great waves batter in

Your ship wallows - sinking - and you

Know just where you should begin

Shout for help from the lifeboat crew

Out of the water you come

Down off the cliff

Over the rocks and the sand

to the shore

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Dog of Rescue

Dog of Rescue

The Darlings were walking gently

Near Redcar Cliffs one day

With dog-companion Monty

When the sea got in their way

They climbed on some rocks and shouted

In nineteen-ninety-two

Ninteenth of January - Cold

And they didn't know what to do

When the lifeboat came from Redcar

With Helmsman Peter Hodge

With Derek and Barry - crewmen

Well they had to stand and judge

Just how could the lifeboat - safely

Get in to lift them out

So Barry swam and Derek swam

With two ropes wrapped round about

They hauled in the lifeboat - gently

Its engines in the air

They loaded the frozen Darlings

Who had started to despair

The lifeboat was battered wildly

Hauled clear through the pounding sea

And dog-companion Monty

Knew well what he'd like to be

He'd like to be a Lifeboat Hound

Going out to sea with his crew

Where lifeboats brought home the darlings

He was a Dog Of Rescue

QUERY: Wonder if he was directly descended from Grace Darling?

© 2002 Charlotte Peters Rock

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