Drowned horses of Ameland

Drowned horses of Ameland

Words and music: Ken Stephens

Vocals: Ken Stephens, Fiona Murfitt

Painting: Michael Ancher

 

The last launch of 'De Reddingboot', the Horse-drawn lifeboat of Ameland Netherlands

 

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Drowned Horses of Ameland

The wind blew high above the dunes

And the wild,white breakers roared

The cry went up a German yacht

It,s stranded near the shore

The lifeboat must be launched at once

They need us desperatelay

 

Refrein: Part of the heard of Ameland

Went galopping to the sea

Part of the heard of Ameland

Went galopping to the sea

 

The harness creaked when the wistle blow

As the trailer rubled on

The lifeboat must be launched in haste

Or else the yacht is gone

From the farms of Ameland

The farmers brought their steeds

 

The shining sun of Ameland

Is beautiful to see

But round the island all the sand

Is moving ceaselessly

It piles up to create the shoals

And open up the deeps

 

The breakers came high to the beach

As the gale tore at the shore

The lifeboat and the team flinched not

As so the sea they bore

The boat was launched for rescue

And went succesfully

 

The heavy trailer found the hole

And took the horses down

The harness held them in the sea

And so the horses drowned

The men work hard but had no chance

To cut the animals free

 

People now remember that night

That night of seventy-nine

When the lifeboat team from

Ameland

Launched for theyr final time

On the islands winds their manes are blown

But they're now running free

 

Part of the heard of Ameland

Is galopping to the sea