Stan Rogers - Bluenose

Once ^Amagain with the tide, she ^Gslips her lines, Turns her ^Fhead and comes awake, Where she ^Amlay so still there at ^GPrivateers Wharf, Now she ^Fquickly gathers way,

She will ^Crange far south of the ^Emharbour mouth, and Re^Amjoice with every ^Dwave,

^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Amsun.

Feel her ^Ambow rise free of ^GMother sea, In a ^Fsunburst cloud of spray, That ^Amstings the cheek, while the ^Grigging will speak Of ^Fsea miles gone away,

She is ^Calways best under ^Emfull press, Hard ^Amover as she'll ^Dlay.

^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Fsun. ^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Fsun.

The ^Amproud past queen of the ^CGrand Banks fleet, Por^Emtrayed on every ^Amdime, Knew ^Emhard work in her ^Amtime, Em N/C Hard work in every line.

The ^Amrich man's toys of the ^CGloucester boys, With their ^Emtoken bit of ^Amcod, They ^Amsnapped their spars and ^Dstrained to pass her ^Gby, But she ^Emleft them all behind,

^AmNow her namesake ^Gdaughter remains, To ^Fshow what she has been. ^AmWhat every ^Gschool boy remembers, and ^FWill not come again,

^CTo think she's the last of the ^EmGrand Bank schooners, That ^Amfed so many ^Dmen.

^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Fsun. ^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Fsun.

So does she ^Amnot take wing like a ^Gliving thing, Child ^Fof the moving tide, See her ^Ampass with grace on the ^Gwater's face, With ^Fclean and quiet pride,

Our ^Cown tall ship of ^Emgreat renown, Still ^Amlifts unto the ^Dsky.

^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Fsun. ^AmWho will know the ^CBluenose in the ^Fsun. Know the Bluenose in the ^Amsun ^AmKnow the ^EmBluenose in the ^Amsun