272   THROW OUT THE LIFELINE




[V1]


Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave,
There is a brother whom someone should save;
Somebody’s brother! Oh, who then will dare,
To throw out the lifeline, his peril to share?

[C]
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away!
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is sinking today.

[V2]
Throw out the lifeline with hand quick and strong;
Why do you tarry, why linger so long?
See! He is sinking; oh, hasten today,
And out with the life boat! Away, then, away!

[C]
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away!
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is sinking today.

[V3]
Throw out the lifeline to danger-fraught men,
Sinking in anguish where you’ve never been;
Winds of temptation and billows of woe,
Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow.

[C]
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away!
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is sinking today.

[V4]
Soon will the season of rescuer be o’er,
Soon will they drift to eternity’s shore;
Haste, then, my brother, no time for delay,
But throw out the lifeline and save them today.

[C]
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away!
Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is sinking today.