Shoals Of Herring chords by Schooner Fare

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Oh, it was a fine and a pleasant day
Out of Yarmouth Harbour I was tearin'
As a cabin boy on a sailin' logger
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For to go and hunt the shoals of
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herring
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Oh, the work was hard and
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the hours were long
And the treatment, sure,
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it took some bearing
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There was little kindness
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and the kicks were many
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As we hunted for the shoals of her
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ring
We fished the swamp an
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d  the broken bank
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I was cook and I did quarter sharing
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And  I used to sleep
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standing on me feet
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And I dream about the shoals of her
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ring
We left the home grounds
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in the month of June
And to canny shields we
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soon was bearing
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With a hundred crowns of
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the silver darlings
Might be takin' from the
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shows a -fearin'
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Now you're up on deck,
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you're a fisherman
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You can swear and show a manly bearing
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Take your turn on watch
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with the other fellows
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While you're searchin' for the shoals
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a -pearing.
In the stormy seas an
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d   the livin' gales,
Just to earn your daily bread
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you're daring,
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From the Dover Straits to
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the Faroe Is lands,
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As your following shoals of her
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ring
Well, I earned the keep an
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d  I paid my way
And I earned the gear,
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what I was wearing
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Sailed a million miles,
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caught ten million fishes
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We were sailin' after shoals
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of herring