The Dubliners - The bonny shoals of herring
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Tuning: E A D G B E
For Nolan's Irish Pub Session Players
Full version (10 verses)
Key of A
Capo 2
[Intro]
(semi a capella):
With our nAets and gear we're faErinAg
On the wAild and wDasteful oAceEan.
It's thAere on the deDep that we hAarvest and rEeap our bF#mread
As we hAunt the bonny shDoals of heErriAng.
[Verse]
Oh it wAas a fine aDnd a plEeasant dAay
Out of YAarmouth harbour I was fEaring
As a caAbin bEoy Don a sailing F#mlugger
For to hAunt the bonny shoDals of hEerrAing
O, the wAork was hard aDnd the Ehours were lAong
And the Atreatment sure it took some Ebearing
There was liAttle Ekindness aDnd the kicks wereF#m many
As we hAunted for the shDoals of heErriAng
O, we lAeft the home grounds Din the Emonth of JAune
And to cAanny Shields we soon were bEearing
With a Ahundred cEran Dof the silver F#mdarlings
That we'd tAaken from the shDoals of heErriAng
Now you're Aup on deck, yoDu're a EfisherAman
You can sAwear and show a manly bEearing
Take your tuArn on Ewatch wDith the other fF#mellows
While you're sAearching for the sDhoals of hEerrAing
O, we fAished the Sward aDnd the BEroken ABank
I was a Acook and I'd a quarter-sEharing
And I uAsed to slEeep, sDtanding on me F#mfeet
And I'd drAeam about the sDhoals of hEerrAing
You're net rAope man now, bDoy you're Eon the Amove
And you're lAearning all about seafaEring
That's your AeducEation, sDcraps of navigF#mation
As you hunAt the bonny shoDals of herErinAg
In the sAtormy seas aDnd the lEiving gAales
Just to eAarn your daily bread you're dEaring
From the DAover SEtraits Dto the Faroe IsF#mlands
As you're fAollowing the sDhoals of hEerrAing
O, I earAned my keep Dand I pEaid my wAay
And I eaArned the gear that I was wEearing
Sailed a Amillion mEiles, cDaught ten million F#mfishes
We were saAiling after shDoals of heErriAng
[Outro]
(semi a capella)
Night and dAay the sea we're dEariAng,
Come wiAnd or cDome winAter gEale,
SAweating or coDld, growing Aup or growing oEld or dF#mying,
While we're hAunting for the sDhoals of hEerrAing