Final Trawl

Final Trawl
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 Archie Fisher - as performed by Garnet Rogers.
 Tuning ==> DADGBE
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 It's been three long years
 Since we made her pay,
 Sing, haul away, my laddie-o
 And we can't get by on the subsidy,
 Sing haul away, my laddie-o
 So now you heave away,
 For the final trawl
 Sing haul away, my laddie-o
 It's an easy pull
 For the catch is small
 Sing haul away, my laddie-o.
 And then you take your gear, lad,
 And batten down,
 And I'll taker her wheel, lad,
 And turn her 'round.
 And then we'll join the 'Venture'
 And the 'Morning Star'
 Riding high and empty
 Towards the bar.
 For I'd rather beach her
 On the Skerry rock
 Than to see her torched
 In the breakers dock
 Then when I die,
 You can stow me down
 In her rusty hold
 Where the breakers sound
 And then I'll make the haven
 Of Fiddler's Green
 Where the grub is good,
 And the bunks are clean
 For I've fished a lifetime,
 Boy and man
 And this final trawl
 Scarcely makes a cran.
 And it's been three long years
 Since we made her pay
 And we can't get by
 On the subsidy
 Sing haul away, my laddie-o.
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 Note:
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 'Sing haul away, my laddie-o' appears after the 2nd and 4th
 line of each verse - as shown in the first and second verse