Lyrics: Edwin Smith Ufford
Music: Edwin Smith Ufford
Played by Jerry in the JGB with Melvin Seals. Based on a hymn by Edwn Smith Ufford, apparently written after observing a lifesaving drill at Point Alllerton near Boston, Massachusetts in 1888. Thanks to Walter Keenan for the lyrics to the JGB version.
ChorusA fuller version of the lyrics to the original hymn can be found on the Cyber Hymnal site.
Throw out the life line
Throw out the life line
Someone is drifting away
Throw out the life line
Throw out the life line
Someone is sinking today
Throw out the life line
Across the dark water
There is a brother that someone could save
Somebody's brother needs help today
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Throw out the life line
With hands big and strong
Why do you tempt me
Why must you wait so long
You see me sinking
Hasten today
Throw out the life line
I'm drifting away
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Throw out the life line
Danger from man
Someone's in trouble
Do the best you can
Ain't in temptation
Pillars of woe
Throw out the life line
When darkness takes over
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