The Martin Hartwell Story Teclado

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Lost up in no-man's land 
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In the Northwest Territories 
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The Martin Hartwell story  
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The Martin Hartwell story 

verse 1 

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On November the eighth of seventy two 
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North of the arctic circle 

A plane took off for Cambridge Bay 
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And the pilots name was Hartwell 
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They had to make it to Yellowknife  
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Although the night was stormin 
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To save the lives of an Eskimo boy 
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And a pregnant Eskimo woman. 

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"oh Mr.Hartwell"said the nurse 
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"I pray that you will guide us 

To save the life of the woman with her child 
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And the boy with appendicitis   
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But the wind it blew and the storm it grew 
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And the signal of controita 
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They missed by miles and flying wild 
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They crashed beside Lake Hota 

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Lost up in no-man's land 
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Of The Northwest Territories 
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They were lost up in no-man's land  
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The Martin Hartwell story 
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The Martin Hartwell story 

verse 3 


Now Judy Hill the federal nurse  
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She never lived to waken  
  
And the lives of the mother and child 
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Were both soon after taken 
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But the pilot woke to find himself  
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And the Eskimo boy were livin 
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Left in pain beside the plane  
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To search the sky's of heaven 

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Day by day the pilot lay 
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With both his ankles broken  

And it took the lad everything he had 
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Just to keep the fire stokin 
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While in the sky to far away 
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The rescue team was seekin  
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For a signal wave that might be traced 
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To Hartwell's radio beacon 

Chorus 

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Lost up in no-man's land 
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Of The Northwest Territories 
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They were lost up in no-man's land 
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The Martin Hartwell story 
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The Martin Hartwell story 

Verse 5 


After nineteen days the arial search 
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Was said to be completed 

Until someone cried their still alive 
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And the search must be repeated 
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And the day the beep was finally heard 
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Is a day we'll all remember  
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A man was found safe and sound  
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On the ninth day of December  

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Harwell said"he should have died  
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at thirty five below zero" 
  
And the reason Hartwell did services 
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Is the boy had died a hero 
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"he brought me food when I couldn't move, 
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While he himself grew feeble, 
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Yes,Davy Kutook  died a saint 
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And a credit to his people" 
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Davy Kutook died a saint  
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And a credit to his people 

Chorus 

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Lost up in no-man's land  
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Of The Northwest Territories 
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They were lost up in no-man's land 
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The Martin Hartwell story 
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The Martin Hartwell story