The Shoals O Herrin

C Dm C With our nets and gear we're faring C Dm C G On the wild and wasteful ocean. C Dm C Dm C C C/B Am It's out there on the deep we harvest and reap - our bread C F G C As we hunt the bonny shoals o herrin C F C O it was a fine and a pleasant summers day C C C/B C/A G Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring G/A B C F C Am As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger C F G C We were up to hunt the shoals of herring C F C Now the work was hard and the hours long C C C/B C/A G and the treatment surely took some bearing G/A C/B C F C C C/B Am there was little kindness and the kicks were many C F G C as we hunted for the shoals o herrin C F C Now we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank C C C/B C/A G I was cook and I'd a quarter share in G/A G/B C F C C C/B Am And I used to sleep standing on me feet C F G C And I dreamed about the shoals o herrin C F C We left the home grounds in the month of June C C C/B C/A G And for Canny Shiels we soon were bearing G/A G/B C F C C C/B Am With a hundred cran of the silver darlings C F G C That we'd taken from the shoals o herrin C F C In the stormy seas and the living gales C C C/B C/A G Just to earn your daily bread you're daring G/A G/B C F C C C/B Am From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands C F G C And you're following the shoals o herrin C F C Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman C C C/B C/A G You can swear and show a manly bearing G/A G/B C F C C C/B Am Take your turn on deck with the other fellows C F G C As you're following the shoals o herrin Tremolo C Dm C Night and day we’re farin C Dm C G Come winter wind or winter gales. C Dm C Dm C C C/B Am Sweat or cold, growing up, growing old, or dying C F G C As you hunt the bonny shoals o herrin.