Stan Rogers - Cliffs at baccalieu

We were / ^Dbound home in Oct - / ober, From the / ^Ashores of Labra - / ^Ddor, Trying to / ^Ghead a strong Nor'- / ^Aeaster and snow / ^Dtoo, But the / ^Dwind swept down up- / on us, and The / ^Aday was dark as / ^Dnight, Just be - / ^Gfore we made, The / lan^Ad at Bacca - / ^Dlieu,

Now we / ^Dtried to clear the / island, As we / ^Abrought her further / ^Dsouth, But the / ^Gwind from up, The / ^ANor'east stronger / ^Dblew, Till our lookout soon he / ^Dshouted, and ^AThere lay dead a - / ^Dhead, Though a / ^Gsnow squall, Loomed the / ^ARocks at Bacca - / ^Dlieu

But it was / ^Dhard down by the / tiller, As we / ^Astruggled with the / ^Dsheets, Tryin' our / ^Gbest 'to haul 'em / ^Ain a foot or / ^Dtwo, Till our / ^Ddecks so sharply / tilted, We could / ^Abarely keep our / ^Dfeet, As we / ^Gstruggled, On the / ^ARocks at Bacca - / ^Dlieu.

Now the / ^Dcombers beat her / under, and I / ^Athought she'd never / ^Drise, and Her / ^Gmain boom, it was / ^Abending nigh in / ^Dtwo, With her / ^Dlee rails two foot / under, Three / ^Ahands upon the / ^Dwheel, Sure we / ^Ghauled her, From the / ^ARocks at Bacca - / ^Dlieu.

To / ^Dleeward was the / island, To / ^Aleeward was the / ^Dshore, and That / ^Gblinding sleet could, ^ACut you through and / ^Dthrough, But our / ^Dhearts were beating / gladly, For no / ^Alonger could we / ^Dgaze, Down to / ^Gleeward, At the / ^ARocks of Bacca - / ^Dlieu, Down to / ^Gleeward, At the / ^ARocks of Bacca - / ^Dlieu, G A D