Take me in the lifeboat, take me in the lifeboat
It will stand the raging storm
Take me in the lifeboat, take me in the lifeboat
It will bear my spirit home
Now, come brothers and sisters and don't fall asleep
But pray night and day or you'll sink in the deep
Fathers and mothers are praying so loud
Saying Lord won't you take us in your lifeboat?
Take me in the lifeboat, take me in the lifeboat
It will stand the raging storm
Take me in the lifeboat, take me in the lifeboat
It will bear my spirit home
The clouds are so heavy, the winds are so loud
The thunders are rolling, bursting the clouds
They prayed to their ship mates for what they had done
They took the dying Savior in their lifeboat