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[Verse 1]

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Oh She went down last October,
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In a pouring driving rain,
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The skipper he'd been drinking and
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The mate he felt no pain,
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Out close to Three Mile Rock and
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She was dealt her mortal blow then
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The Mary Ellen Carter settled low.

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There was just us four aboard her,
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When she finally was awash,
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We worked like hell to save her,
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All heedless of the cost, but
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The groan she made as she went down,
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It caused us to proclaim,
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That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again.


[Chorus]

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Rise again, rise again,
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May her name not be lost,
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To the knowledge of men,
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All those who loved her best and who
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Were with her 'til the end,
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Will make the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.


[Break]
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[Verse 2]

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Well the company wrote her off,
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Not a nickel would they spend,
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"She gave twenty years of service, boys,
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Then met her sorry end.
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But insurance paid the loss to us,
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Then let her rest below",
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Then they laughed at us, and
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Said we had to go.

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But we talked of her all winter,
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Sometimes days around the clock.
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She's worth a quarter million,
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A-floating at the dock, and
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With every jar that hit the bar,
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We swore we would remain and
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Make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!


[Chorus]

      Am D        G
Rise again, rise again,
         C           C
May her name not be lost,
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To the knowledge of men,
      G
All those who loved her best and who
     C        D        G
Were with her 'til the end,
              Am         D             G
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.


[Break]
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[Verse 3]

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All spring now we've been with her,
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On a barge lent by a friend.
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Three dives a day in a hardhat suit, and
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Twice I've had the bends.
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Thank God it's only sixty feet, and
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The currents here are slow, or
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I'd never have the strength,
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To go below.

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So we patched her rents, stopped her vents,
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Dogged hatch, and Portholes down,
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Put cables to her, fore and aft and
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Girded her around,
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Tomorrow noon, we hit the air and
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Then take up the strain, and
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Make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again


[Chorus]

      Am D        G
Rise again, rise again,
         C           C
May her name not be lost,
       G            D
To the knowledge of men,
      G
All those who loved her best and who
     C        D        G
Were with her 'til the end,
              Am         D             G
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.


[Break]
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[Verse 4]

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Well we couldn't leave her there,
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You see to crumble into scale.
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She'd saved our lives, so many times,
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Fighting through the gale, and
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The laughing, drunken rats,
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Who led her to a sorry grave, well
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They won't be laughing in another day, and to

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You, to whom adversity, has dealt it's mortal blow,
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With smiling bastards lying to you,
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Everywhere you go,
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Turn to, and put out all your strength,
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Of arm, and heart and brain, and
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Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!


[Chorus 2]

      Am  D       G
Rise again, rise again,
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Though your heart, it be broke, and your
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Life about to end,
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No matter what you've lost,
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Be it a home, a love, a friend,
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Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!

      Am  D       G
Rise again, rise again,
            C            C
Though your heart, it be broke, and your
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Life about to end,
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No matter what you've lost,
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Be it a home, a love, a friend,
         Am         D            G
Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!