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The Shoals Of Herring chords by
Ewan Maccoll
Ewan Maccoll
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger

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Verse 1

With our nets and

gear we're faring

On the wild and wasteful ocean.
G

Its there that we hunt

and we earn our bread
Verse 2

As we hunted for the shoals of herring
G
D
G
C
G

O it was a fine and a pleasant day
D

Out of Yarmouth harbor I was faring
G
D
G

As a cabinboy on a sailing lugger
D
G
D
G

For to go and hunt the shoals of herring
Verse 3
G
D
G
C

O the work was hard and
D
G

the hours long

And the treatment,
D

sure it took some bearing
G
D

There was little kindness
G

and the kicks were many
D

As we hunted for the shoals of herring
G
Verse 4

O we fished the Swarth
C
D
G

and the Broken Bank
C
D

I was cook and I'd a quarter sharing
G
D

And I used to sleep
G

standing on my feet

And I'd dream about the
D
G

shoals of herring
Verse 5
G

O we left the homegrounds in

the month of June

And to Canny Shiels we
D

soon were bearing
G
D
C

With a hundred cran of
D
G

silver darlings

That we'd taken from
D
G

the shoals of herring
Verse 6
G

Now you're up on deck,
C
D
G

you're a fisherman
C
D

You can swear and show a manly bearing

Take your turn on watch
G
D

with the other fellows
G

While you're searching for
D

the shoals of herring
G
Verse 7

In the stormy seas an
C
G

d the living gales

Just to earn your daily
D

bread you're daring
G
D
G

From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands
C
D

As you're following the shoals of herring
G
Verse 8
C
G

O I earned my keep and I paid my way

And I earned the gear
C
D

that I was wearing
G
D

Sailed a million miles,
G

caught ten million fishes
D
G

We were sailing after shoals of herring

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