The Loss Of The Marion chords by Simani

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Interlude:
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Verse:
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The challenge to fight was issued that night While the cheap French liquor ran free
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The French Captain then warned the Marion's men He would answer their challenge at sea
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Next day the Marion set sail again And so the story relays
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The French been trawler weighed anchor as well And followed close by in her wake,
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She's a Fortune Bay schooner heading out for the banks With fine hardy Fortune Bay men
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But some on the cape were rumoured to say She'd never be heard from again

Interlude:
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Verse:
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The fate which befell the Marion's crew And their schooner will never be known.
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Not trace or good tidings were ever again To be heard by those waiting at home
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Some say the Frenchman was true to his word, Some say he confessed 'fore he died
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That he scuttled the Marion and settled the debt Not taking one man 'oer the side.
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Families of Skinners and Vallis and Miles Grieved for their loved ones on shore,
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And the Newfoundland Story of loss to the sea Was told as so often before
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She's a fortune Bay schooner sailing out from St. Jacques With a fine crew of Fortune Bay men
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But never no more will she pass by the light With her jib flapping into the wind.
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No never no more will she pass by the light With her jib flapping into the wind.