The stories behind The Salvage Crew

• The Salvage Crew Sings About Giving Old Equipment a Second Life — A stomping folk-pop shanty turns equipment reuse and refurbishment into a full work song, testing and tagging what is worth saving.

Lyrics

Down By The Yard

Mark what is sound, set danger aside,

write every measure with nothing to hide

Oh, haul it aboard,

let the good parts remain

We turn yesterday's burden to useful again

With safe hands, bright minds, bright minds

And a chart for the crew

The salvage tide is rising anew

Old pumps rest quiet beneath canvas and dust

We test each chamber for strength and trust

A bracket, a valve, a casing of steel

Finds a new voyage when it's proven to heal.

Tag every piece and record where it came.

Clean it till no trace of its former work stays.

Ho, haul it aboard,

let the good parts remain.

We turn yesterday's burden to useful again with

safe hands. Bright minds, bright minds, and a chart for the crew

The salvage tide is rising anew

Rinse in the basin, dry in the sun count every component one by one

If it cannot serve then we do not pretend, safety is the compass that guides to

the end

Boxes are sealed with a clear paper trail, ready for

workshops beyond the rail

Useful materials carefully stored,

prepared for a second life, tested and scored

Oh, haul it aboard,

let the good parts remain

We turn yesterday's burden to useful again

with safe hands Bright minds, bright minds

Send a chart for the crew

The salvage tide is rising anew

Raise up the ledger

Let every fact show

Leave less in the wake wherever we go

A kind horizon is waiting in view

All hands together, the work starts anew