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Verse 1

^COn November the eighth of seventy two ^G7North of the arctic ^Ccircle

A plane took off for Cambridge Bay

And the ^G7pilots name was ^CHartwell They ^Fhad to make it to ^CYellowknife ^G7Although the night was ^Cstormin To ^Fsave the lives of an ^CEskimo boy And a ^G7pregnant Eskimo ^Cwoman.

Verse 2 "oh Mr.Hartwell"said the nurse

"^G7I pray that you will ^Cguide us To save the life of the woman with her child And the ^G7boy with appen^Cdicitis But the ^Fwind it blew and the ^Cstorm it grew And the ^G7signal of con^Ctroita They ^Fmissed by miles and ^Cflying wild They ^G7crashed beside Lake ^CHota

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Verse 3 Now Judy Hill the federal nurse

She ^G7never lived to ^Cwaken And the lives of the mother and child Were ^G7both soon after ^Ctaken But the ^Fpilot woke to ^Cfind himself And the ^G7Eskimo boy were ^Clivin ^FLeft in pain be^Cside the plane To ^G7search the sky's of ^Cheaven

Verse 4 Day by day the pilot lay

With ^G7both his ankles ^Cbroken And it took the lad everything he had Just to ^G7keep the fire ^Cstokin While ^Fin the sky to ^Cfar away The ^G7rescue team was ^Cseekin For a ^Fsignal wave that ^Cmight be traced To ^G7Hartwell's radio ^Cbeacon

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Verse 5 After nineteen days the arial search

Was ^G7said to be com^Cpleted Until someone cried their still alive And the ^G7search must be re^Cpeated And the ^Fday the beep was ^Cfinally heard Is a ^G7day we'll all re^Cmember A ^Fman was found ^Csafe and sound On the ^G7ninth day of De^Ccember

Verse 6 Harwell said"he should have died

at ^G7thirty five below ^Czero" And the reason Hartwell did services Is the ^G7boy had died a ^Chero "he ^Fbrought me food when I ^Ccouldn't move, While ^G7he himself grew ^Cfeeble, Yes,^FDavy Kutook ^Cdied a saint And a ^G7credit to his ^Cpeople" ^FDavy Kutook ^Cdied a saint And a ^G7credit to his ^Cpeople

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