The Shoals Of Herring chords by Ewan Maccoll

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

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With our nets and gear we're faring

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On the wild and wasteful ocean

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Its there that we hunt and we earn our bread

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As we hunted for the shoals of herring


Verse 1:

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O it was a fine and a pleasant day

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Out of Yarmouth harbor I was faring

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As a cabinboy on a sailing lugger

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For to go and hunt the shoals of herring

Verse 2:

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O the work was hard and the hours long

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And the treatment, sure it took some bearing

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There was little kindness and the kicks were many

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As we hunted for the shoals of herring


Verse 3:

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O we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank

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I was cook and I'd a quarter sharing

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And I used to sleep standing on my feet

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And I'd dream about the shoals of herring

Verse 4:

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O we left the homegrounds in the month of June

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And to Canny Shiels we soon were bearing

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With a hundred cran of silver darlings

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That we'd taken from the shoals of herring


Verse 5:

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Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman

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You can swear and show a manly bearing

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Take your turn on watch with the other fellows

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While you're searching for the shoals of herring


Verse 6:

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In the stormy seas and the living gales

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Just to earn your daily bread you're daring

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From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands

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As you're following the shoals of herring


Verse 7:

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O I earned my keep and I paid my way

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And I earned the gear that I was wearing

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Sailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes

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We were sailing after shoals of herring