INTRO: Em C Em C
The [G]Visitor from Whitby Town
Was wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay
Their crew with a longboat, spied offshore
At the breaking of the [D]day
Like [G]Robin Hood, we no lifeboat had
No answer to their [D]pleas
So the [G]lifeboat men from Whitby Town
Did brave the raging seas
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]flight
N.C. Em C Em C
But they never sought dawn
Those [G]brave young men battling the seas
Were knocked back by raging gale
They had no chance of landing her
No point in setting [D]sail
So they [G]hauled their lifeboat onto the shore
Wet from all the [D]spray
And they [G]pulled that boat down to Scarborough Bow
Down to Robin Hood's Bay
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]flight
N.C. Em C Em C
But they never sought dawn
From [G]Whitby and from Robin Hood's Bay
The men came mountain roads
Shovelling through the snowdrifts as
They toiled across the [D]moors
They [G]lowered her down the steepest cliffs
Into the raging [D]seas
And the [G]brave men onboard battled through the surf
But this time wasn't to be
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]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
Through rocks and through deb[D]ris
The [G]Visitor's crew were saved
The peoples worked as [D]one
So I [G]drink to them and the families
To all that they have done
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]flight
N.C. Em C Em C
But they never sought dawn
But they never sought [Em]dawn[C][Em][C]
But they never sought [Em] [C]
The [G]Visitor from Whitby Town
Was wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay
Their crew with a longboat, spied offshore
At the breaking of the [D]day
Like [G]Robin Hood, we no lifeboat had
No answer to their [D]pleas
So the [G]lifeboat men from Whitby Town
Did brave the raging seas
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]flight
N.C. Em C Em C
But they never sought dawn
Those [G]brave young men battling the seas
Were knocked back by raging gale
They had no chance of landing her
No point in setting [D]sail
So they [G]hauled their lifeboat onto the shore
Wet from all the [D]spray
And they [G]pulled that boat down to Scarborough Bow
Down to Robin Hood's Bay
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]flight
N.C. Em C Em C
But they never sought dawn
From [G]Whitby and from Robin Hood's Bay
The men came mountain roads
Shovelling through the snowdrifts as
They toiled across the [D]moors
They [G]lowered her down the steepest cliffs
Into the raging [D]seas
And the [G]brave men onboard battled through the surf
But this time wasn't to be
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]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
Through rocks and through deb[D]ris
The [G]Visitor's crew were saved
The peoples worked as [D]one
So I [G]drink to them and the families
To all that they have done
CHORUS:
N.C. C Em D
Two hundred men, eight miles through the snow
Taking [C]nothing was there for granted
Using [G]hope to their ad[C]vantage
As they[D] hauled
So when you're [C]face to face with a desperate plight
Think about Henry Freeman's night
Could have written them off, could have [G]stopped their [C]flight
N.C. Em C Em C
But they never sought dawn
But they never sought [Em]dawn[C][Em][C]
But they never sought [Em] [C]
