Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Shoals Of Herring, artist - The Corries. Album song Live from Scotland Volume 3, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 31.12.2008
Record label: GB
Song language: English
Shoals Of Herring |
With our nets and gear we’re faring |
On the wild and wasteful ocean |
Its there that we hunt and we earn our bread |
As we hunted for the shoals of herring |
O it was a fine and a pleasant day |
Out of Yarmouth harbor I was faring |
As a cabinboy on a sailing lugger |
For to go and hunt the shoals of herring |
O the work was hard and the hours long |
And the treatment, sure it took some bearing |
There was little kindness and the kicks were many |
As we hunted for the shoals of herring |
O we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank |
I was cook and I’d a quarter sharing |
And I used to sleep standing on my feet |
And I’d dream about the shoals of herring |
O we left the homegrounds in the month of June |
And to Canny Shiels we soon were bearing |
With a hundred cran of silver darlings |
That we’d taken from the shoals of herring |
Now you’re up on deck, you’re a fisherman |
You can swear and show a manly bearing |
Take your turn on watch with the other fellows |
While you’re searching for the shoals of herring |
In the stormy seas and the living gales |
Just to earn your daily bread you’re daring |
From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands |
As you’re following the shoals of herring |
O I earned my keep and I paid my way |
And I earned the gear that I was wearing |
Sailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes |
We were sailing after shoals of herring |