The Loss Of The Marion Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: G C A D G Verse: G (G7) C A D (D7) G In 1915 on the tenth day of June At Burk's wharf the Marion lay G G7 C A D G Prepared for the banks as was custom to do All loaded with caplin for bait. G C A D G The wind from the northwest a fine summer's breeze As Ike Jones from St. Jacques he steered G C A D G And the boys in the focsle made plans for that night When they'd all go ashore in St.Pierre G C A D G Some were uneasy, there'd be trouble they said 'Cause Ike Jones was noted to fight. G C A D G At the Cafe de France on the last trip he made A Frenchman had threatened his life. Interlude: G C A D G

Verse: G G7 A D G The challenge to fight was issued that night While the cheap French liquor ran free G C A D G The French Captain then warned the Marion's men He would answer their challenge at sea G C A D G Next day the Marion set sail again And so the story relays G C A D G The French been trawler weighed anchor as well And followed close by in her wake, D G C A D She's a Fortune Bay schooner heading out for the banks With fine hardy Fortune Bay men G C A D G But some on the cape were rumoured to say She'd never be heard from again Interlude: G C A D G Verse: C A D G The fate which befell the Marion's crew And their schooner will never be known. G C A D G Not trace or good tidings were ever again To be heard by those waiting at home G C A D G Some say the Frenchman was true to his word, Some say he confessed 'fore he died G C A D G That he scuttled the Marion and settled the debt Not taking one man 'oer the side. G C A D G Families of Skinners and Vallis and Miles Grieved for their loved ones on shore, G C A D G And the Newfoundland Story of loss to the sea Was told as so often before D G C A She's a fortune Bay schooner sailing out from St. Jacques With a fine crew of Fortune Bay men G C A D G But never no more will she pass by the light With her jib flapping into the wind. G C A D G No never no more will she pass by the light With her jib flapping into the wind.