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Marten Hartwell Story

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(F)Lost up in (C)no-man's land 
In the (G7)Northwest Terri(C)tories 
They were (F)lost up in (C)no-man's land 
The (G7)Marten Hartwell (C)story 
The (G7)Marten Hartwell (C)story 
 
On November the 8th of '72 
(G7)North of the Arctic (C)Circle 
A plane took off from Cambridge Bay 
And the (G7)pilot's name was (C)Hartwell 
He (F)had to make it to (C)Yellowknife 
Al(G7)though the night was (C)stormin' 
To (F)save the lives of an (C)Eskimo boy 
And a (G7)pregnant Eskimo (C)woman. 
 
"Oh, Mr. Hartwell," said the nurse 
"I (G7)pray that you will (C)guide us 
To save this woman with her child 
And the (G7)boy with appendi(C)citis." 
But the (F)wind, it blew and the (C)storm, it grew 
And the (G7)signal of Kan(C)twoita                      <-- "Kantwoita"? 
They (F)missed by miles and (C)flying wild 
They (G7)crashed beside Lake (C)Hota. 
 
Chorus 
 
Now Judy Hill, the federal nurse 
She (G7)never lived to (C)waken 
And the life of the mother and her child 
Were G7)both soon after (C)taken 
But the (F)pilot woke to (C)find himself 
And the (G7)Eskimo boy were (C)livin' 
(F)Left in pain be(C)side the plane 
To (G7)search the skies of (C)heaven. 
 
Day by day the pilot lay 
With (G7)both his ankles (C)broken 
And it took the lad everything he had 
To (G7)keep the fire Cstokin' 
While (F)in the sky too (C)far away 
The G7)rescue team were (C)seakin' 
A (F)signal wave that (C)might be traced 
The (G7)Hartwell's radio (C)beacon 
 
Chorus 
 
After nineteen days the aerial search 
Was (G7)said to be com(C)pleted 
Until someone cried, "They're still alive 
And the (G7)search must be re(C)peated." 
And the (F)day the beep was (C)finally heard 
Was the (G7)day we'll all re(C)member 
A (F)man was found (C)safe and sound 
On the (G7)9th day of De(C)cember. 
 
Hartwell said he should have died 
At (G7)35 below (C)zero 
And the reason Hartwell did survive 
The G7)boy had died a (C)hero, 
"He (F)brought me food when I (C)couldn't move 
While (G7)he himself grew (C)feeble 
Yes, (F)Davy Koutouk (C)died a saint 
And a (G7)credit to his (C)people 
(F)Davy Koutouk (C)died a saint 
And a (G7)credit to his (C)people." 
 
Chorus 
 
(repeat last line of chorus slowly) 
 
 
Submitted by:  Dennis Hiebert 
               [email protected] 
 

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