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Fishermen of County Down[C] - John Watt

[intro]
[C] [G] [C]

[Verse 1]
While you [C] lie snug in your [C7] bed
With the [F] clothes tucked o'er your head
And you [C] hold your fond and true love in your [G] arms
Think of [C] all our fisher[C7] men who pull [F] out at 2am
To [C] face the waves be[G] neath the moon and [C] stars

[Chorus]
Eighty [G] boats are on the swell
And the [F] men have tales to [C] tell
From [F] Shirley Bay, Kil[C] keel and Ardglass [G] Town
But the [C] Portavogie [C7] boys are the [F] lads who make the noise
They're the [C] fishermen who [G] hail from County [C] Down   [C] [G] [C]

[Verse 2]
In De[C] cember or in [C7] June, oh the [F] weather calls the tune
As the [C] fishermen wrap up well to keep [G] warm
And they've [C] got their oilskins [C7] on
Off the [F] coast of Annalong
For the [C] Chicken Rocks way-[G] off the Isle of [C] Man

[Verse 3]
James [C] Cully is the [C7] man, he [F] sails before the dawn
As [C] Frank, the pole bobs off his starboard [G] bow
Victor [C] Chamber's boat, Green [C7] Isle, 
Is the [F] one to make you smile
As they [C] come with herring, [G] mackerel, plaice and [C] sole

[Verse 4]
From John's [C] point to The [C7] Man the [F] fishers' nets do span
As the [C] sixty-long-foot trawlers they do [G] roll
But it [C] will be 8[C7] pm afore the [F] men return again
To [C] see their wives and [G] sweethearts on the [C] soil

[Verse 5]
George [C] Milligan & [C7] Sons and Angus [F] Cochrane are the ones
Who pre[C] pare the haul for the likes of you and [G] me
With their [C] cuttin' knives they [C7] toil
When the [F] tea is on the boil
For [C] George and Angus [G] know and love the [C] sea

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