Marten Hartwell Story

Stompin' Tom Connors

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

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.

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'

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 G7keep 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

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

Davy Koutouk [C]died a saint

And a [G7]credit to his [C]people."

(repeat last line of chorus slowly)

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Submitted by: Dennis Hiebert

dhiebert@mars.ark.com

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