Stompin' Tom Connors - Martin hartwell story

^FLost up in ^Cno-man's land In the ^G7Northwest Terri^C-tories They were ^Flost up in ^Cno-man's land The ^G7Marten Hartwell ^Cstory The ^G7Marten Hartwell ^Cstory ^COn November the 8th of '72 ^G7North of the Arctic ^CCircle ^CA plane took off from Cambridge Bay And the ^G7pilot's name was ^CHartwell He ^Fhad to make it to ^CYellowknife Al^G7-though the night was ^Cstormin' To ^Fsave the lives of an ^CEskimo boy And a ^G7pregnant Eskimo ^Cwoman. ^C"Oh, Mr. Hartwell," said the nurse "I ^G7pray that you will ^Cguide us ^CTo save this woman with her child And the ^G7boy with appendi^C-citis." But the ^Fwind, it blew and the ^Cstorm, it grew And the ^G7signal of Kan^C-twoita They ^Fmissed by miles and ^Cflying wild They ^G7crashed beside Lake ^CHota.

^CNow Judy Hill, the federal nurse She ^G7never lived to ^Cwaken ^CAnd the life of the mother and her child Were ^G7both soon after ^Ctaken But the ^Fpilot woke to ^Cfind himself And the ^G7Eskimo boy were ^Clivin' ^FLeft in pain be^C-side the plane To ^G7search the skies of ^Cheaven. ^CDay by day the pilot lay With ^G7both his ankles ^Cbroken ^CAnd it took the lad everything he had To ^G7keep the fire ^Cstokin' While ^Fin the sky too ^Cfar away The ^G7rescue team were ^Cseakin' A ^Fsignal wave that ^Cmight be traced The ^G7Hartwell's radio ^Cbeacon

^CAfter nineteen days the aerial search Was ^G7said to be com^C-pleted ^CUntil someone cried, "They're still alive And the ^G7search must be re^C-peated." And the ^Fday the beep was ^Cfinally heard Was the ^G7day we'll all re^C-member A ^Fman was found ^Csafe and sound On the ^G79th day of De^C-cember. ^CHartwell said he should have died At ^G735 below ^Czero ^CAnd the reason Hartwell did survive The ^G7boy had died a ^Chero, "He ^Fbrought me food when I ^Ccouldn't move While ^G7he himself grew ^Cfeeble Yes, ^FDavy Koutouk ^Cdied a saint And a ^G7credit to his ^Cpeople ^FDavy Koutouk ^Cdied a saint And a ^G7credit to his ^Cpeople."