Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 01:19:27 +0000
From: Dennis Hiebert
Marten Hartwell Story
Stompin’ Tom Connors
Chorus:
[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