The Martin Hartwell Story
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Chorus
F C
Lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
In the Northwest Territories
F C
They were lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
verse 1
C
On November the eighth of seventy two
G7 C
North of the arctic circle
A plane took off for Cambridge Bay
G7 C
And the pilots name was Hartwell
F C
They had to make it to Yellowknife
G7 C
Although the night was stormin
F C
To save the lives of an Eskimo boy
G7 C
And a pregnant Eskimo woman.
verse 2
"oh Mr.Hartwell"said the nurse
G7 C
"I pray that you will guide us
To save the life of the woman with her child
G7 C
And the boy with appendicitis
F C
But the wind it blew and the storm it grew
G7 C
And the signal of controita
F C
They missed by miles and flying wild
G7 C
They crashed beside Lake Hota
Chorus
F C
Lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
Of The Northwest Territories
F C
They were lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
verse 3
Now Judy Hill the federal nurse
G7 C
She never lived to waken
And the lives of the mother and child
G7 C
Were both soon after taken
F C
But the pilot woke to find himself
G7 C
And the Eskimo boy were livin
F C
Left in pain beside the plane
G7 C
To search the sky's of heaven
verse 4
Day by day the pilot lay
G7 C
With both his ankles broken
And it took the lad everything he had
G7 C
Just to keep the fire stokin
F C
While in the sky to far away
G7 C
The rescue team was seekin
F C
For a signal wave that might be traced
G7 C
To Hartwell's radio beacon
Chorus
F C
Lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
Of The Northwest Territories
F C
They were lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
Verse 5
After nineteen days the arial search
G7 C
Was said to be completed
Until someone cried their still alive
G7 C
And the search must be repeated
F C
And the day the beep was finally heard
G7 C
Is a day we'll all remember
F C
A man was found safe and sound
G7 C
On the ninth day of December
Verse 6
Harwell said"he should have died
G7 C
at thirty five below zero"
And the reason Hartwell did services
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Is the boy had died a hero
F C
"he brought me food when I couldn't move,
G7 C
While he himself grew feeble,
F C
Yes,Davy Kutook died a saint
G7 C
And a credit to his people"
F C
Davy Kutook died a saint
G7 C
And a credit to his people
Chorus
F C
Lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
Of The Northwest Territories
F C
They were lost up in no-man's land
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
G7 C
The Martin Hartwell story
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