The Mary Ellen Carter Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy

[Verse 1]
He went down last October in a pouring driving rain
The skipper, he’d been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain
Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low

[Verse 2]
There were just us five aboard her when she finally was awash
We’d worked like hell to save her, all heedless of the cost
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That thе Mary Ellen Carter would rise again

[Verse 3]
Wеll, the owners wrote her off; not a nickel would they spend
“She gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end
But insurance paid the loss to us, so let her rest below.”
Then they laughed at us and said we had to go

[Verse 4]
But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock
She’s worth a quarter million, afloat and at the dock
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again

[Chorus]
Rise again, rise again, that her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men
Those who loved her best and were with her till the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again