Lyrics:

'Twas on a longstone lighthouse, there dwelt an English maid,
Pure as the air around her, of danger ne'er afraid.
One morning just at daybreak a storm-tossed wreck she spied:
Although to try seemed madness, “I'll save the crew!” she cried.

Chorus (after each verse):
And she pulled away o'er the rolling sea [seas]
Over the water blue [waters wide]
“Help, help!” she could hear the cry
Of the shipwrecked crew.
But Grace had an English heart
The raging storm she braved
She pulled away mid the dashing spray
And the crew she saved.
They to the rocks were clinging, a crew of nine all told,
Between them and the lighthouse the seas like mountains rolled
Grace said, “Come help me, father, we'll launch the boat,” said she. [said Grace]
“'Tis madness,” said her father, “to face that raging sea.”

One murmured prayer, heaven guard us, and then they were afloat,
Between them and destruction, the planks of their brave boat [that frail boat].
Then said the maiden's father, “Turn back or doomed are we.”
Then up spoke brave Grace Darling, “Alone I'll brave the sea.”

They rode the angry billows and reached the rock at length.
They saved the shipwrecked sailors, in heaven alone our strength. [their strength]
Go tell the wide world over what English hearts can do [English pluck]
And sing of brave Grace Darling who nobly saved the crew.