Oh the storm's raged for three days
and the damage to our houses we must live with
for at, twelve noon
a schooner from South Shields seeks shelter within our harbour wall
and should she stall
Amelia has been called

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H'away lads and fetch your oars and gather prayers we're off to save the Coupland
She's attracting crowds and she wont be going far
She's been drinking water now she's dancing on the spa, in the waves
where sailors row into a watery grave.

The waves crash over her bow
They have turned the vessel round!
they have turned the vessel right right round!
And now, she looks forlorn,
she's been worn down by the storm, and thrown into the spa's sea wall
where should she fall,
Amelia has been called.

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Charles Beauclerk he stands up on the shore
he hauls a rope, but he's never hauled before
he wades in deep and he's never seen no more
just like the boys of our Amelia

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Well rocket lines, thrown too the Coupland
and the men who make the shore thank to god that they've been saved
for Amelia was taken in the waves, all boys, Amelia was taken in the waves

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