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jerry early – i’ll go lyrics

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i’ll go
not tonight of any night said the coxswain of the crew
the chances of survival on a night like this are few
december 1940 ‘round the coast of donegal
came a great north wind that could have been, the cruellest of them all

14 men were missing, 18 more in great distress
jack boyle knew that their future in his hands had come to rest
he knew a man who knew the sea, if any man would know
will you show the way? without delay, o’donnell said i’ll go

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i’ll go and do the best i can, i’ll do what must be done
i’ll go ‘cause i’m a lifeboat man, i am my father’s son
i will go and do the best i can, i’ll do what must be done
i’ll go ‘cause i’m an island man, i am my father’s son

neighbours watched them gather and they cast a worried eye
and wondered how this lifeboat crew could possible survive
they all agreed that some at least the greatest price would pay
and the old men shed a tear and knelt down on the ground to pray

while standing on the pier with his handpicked squad of men
jack told each one that they might never see their homes again
and he told them there would be no shame if this time they said no
each traced the cross upon his brow, stepped up and said i’ll go

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against the storm, against the gale, against the mighty wave
those men were rightly honoured as the bravest of the brave
and let everyone salute them and thank god for men like these
who would risk their lives for strangers in peril on the seas

o’donnell, ward and gallagher remember these names well
with the boyles and the byrnes and rodgers, they faced the seas from h#ll
with the waves above them crashing down and a heaving mass below
god bless them everyone who made the vow to say i’ll go

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now this volunteer lifeboat crew as oileán árainn mhór
they faced the biggest storm that they had ever seen before
but they brought them 18 sailors home and left them on the land
now they’re safe and well and home again by the grace of god’s own hand

now their spirits soar above the waves and they’ve earned eternal rest
and surely if there’s justice they are seated with the best
i’d like to think in that last hour god whispered soft and low
and welcomed home the 8 brave men who made the vow to go

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i’ll go and do the best i can, i’ll do what must be done
i’ll go ‘cause i’m an island man, i am my father’s son
i’ll go and do the best i can, i’ll do what must be done
i’ll go ‘cause i’m from arranmore, i am my father’s son

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