The Willows - The Visitor INTRO: Em C Em C

The ^GVisitor from Whitby Town Was wrecked at Robin Hood's Bay

Their crew with a longboat, spied offshore

At the breaking of the ^Dday

Like ^GRobin Hood, we no lifeboat had No answer to their ^Dpleas So the ^Glifeboat men from Whitby Town

Did brave the raging seas CHORUS:

N.C.

Two hundred ^Cmen, eight miles through the ^Emsnow ^D Taking ^Cnothing was there for granted Using ^Ghope to their ad^Cvantage As they^D hauled So when you're ^Cface to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night

Could have written them off, could have ^Gstopped their ^Cflight

N.C.

But they never sought ^Emdawn ^C ^Em ^C

Those ^Gbrave young men battling the seas Were knocked back by raging gale

They had no chance of landing her

No point in setting ^Dsail

So they ^Ghauled their lifeboat onto the shore Wet from all the ^Dspray And they ^Gpulled that boat down to Scarborough Bow

Down to Robin Hood's Bay CHORUS:

N.C.

Two hundred ^Cmen, eight miles through the ^Emsnow ^D Taking ^Cnothing was there for granted Using ^Ghope to their ad^Cvantage As they^D hauled So when you're ^Cface to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night

Could have written them off, could have ^Gstopped their ^Cflight

N.C.

But they never sought ^Emdawn ^C ^Em ^C

From ^GWhitby and from Robin Hood's Bay The men came mountain roads

Shovelling through the snowdrifts as

They toiled across the ^Dmoors

They ^Glowered her down the steepest cliffs Into the raging ^Dseas And the ^Gbrave men onboard battled through the surf

But this time wasn't to be CHORUS:

N.C.

Two hundred ^Cmen, eight miles through the ^Emsnow ^D Taking ^Cnothing was there for granted Using ^Ghope to their ad^Cvantage As they^D hauled So when you're ^Cface to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night

Could have written them off, could have ^Gstopped their ^Cflight

N.C.

But they never sought ^Emdawn ^C ^Em ^C

^GBack to the shore, a fresh cool wind They launched back out to sea

With John Scouten guiding them

Through rocks and through deb^Dris

The ^GVisitor's crew were saved The peoples worked as ^Done So I ^Gdrink to them and the families

To all that they have done CHORUS:

N.C.

Two hundred ^Cmen, eight miles through the ^Emsnow ^D Taking ^Cnothing was there for granted Using ^Ghope to their ad^Cvantage As they^D hauled So when you're ^Cface to face with a desperate plight

Think about Henry Freeman's night

Could have written them off, could have ^Gstopped their ^Cflight

N.C.

But they never sought ^Emdawn ^C ^Em ^C But they never sought ^Emdawn ^C ^Em ^C But they never sought ^Em ^C

The Willows - The visitor