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    "The Corvettes of Halifax"genre: Folk
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    A tribute to the sailors who manned these boats during the Second World War.
    CD: Canada Songs   Label: Independent
    Credits: Lyrics and Music: John Spearn

    Story Behind the Song
    In September 1939, Canada was thrust into war with Nazi Germany. In the face of the U-boat (wolf-pack) peril, Canadian convoys kept Britain alive by bravely shipping men and supplies across the rugged north Atlantic, arguably the most critical theater of the war.
    Despite horrors of near-certain death (if torpedoed), and hundreds of lost ships and men, the Canadian navy triumphed with their small Corvette gunboats. Escorting the merchant ships, they would pursue the attacking U-boats with depth charges and surface fire.
    At the conclusion of the war, Canada's navy was the third largest in the world.
    This song is dedicated to those who volunteer their service on the last remaining corvette, HMCS Sackville, which is at rest in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is now a museum.

    Lyrics
    On the icy Atlantic where the Merchant men sail
    From Canada's harbors to save England we can't fail
    We're putting the U-boats on the cold ocean floor
    We're the corvettes of Halifax . . . out to even the score

    We've signed on with Canada's navy
    From all over this land we've arrived
    We're tossing and losing our gravy
    But we've got to keep England alive, boys,
    We've got to keep England alive.

    And the horror we saw when our gunship St. Croix
    Took torpedoes from U305
    She burst like an egg . . . men left floating to freeze
    Sayin' good Lord, we're too young to die,
    Please, lord we're too young to die.

    And the U-boats that were putting our merchantmen down
    Soon were "the hunted" when the Sackville came around
    We're the sheep dogs out to guard the convoy boys
    And we're taking our wolf pelts to town.
    Taking our wolf pelts to town

    On the icy Atlantic where the Merchant men sail
    From Canada's harbors to save England we can't fail
    We're putting the U-boats on the cold ocean floor
    We're the corvettes of Halifax . . . out to even the score

    . . . out to even the score.

    © words and music by John Spearn

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