Fishermen of County Down[G] - John Watt [intro] [G] [D] [G] [Verse 1] While you [G] lie snug in your [G7] bed With the [C] clothes tucked o'er your head And you [G] hold your fond and true love in your [D] arms Think of [G] all our fisher[G7] men who pull [C] out at 2am To [G] face the waves be[D]neath the moon and [G] stars [Chorus] Eighty [D] boats are on the swell And the [C] men have tales to [G] tell From [C] Shirley Bay, Kil[G] keel and Ardglass [D] Town But the [G] Portavogie [G7] boys are the [C] lads who make the noise They're the [G] fishermen who [D] hail from County [G] Down [G] [D] [G] [Verse 2] In De[G] cember or in [G7] June, oh the [C] weather calls the tune As the [G] fishermen wrap up well to keep [D] warm And they've [G] got their oilskins [G7] on Off the [C] coast of Annalong For the [G] Chicken Rocks way-[D] off the Isle of [G] Man [Verse 3] James [G] Cully is the [G7] man, he [C] sails before the dawn As [G] Frank, the pole bobs off his starboard [D] bow Victor [G] Chamber's boat, Green [G7] Isle, Is the [C] one to make you smile As they [G] come with herring, [D] mackerel, plaice and [G] sole [Chorus] Eighty [D] boats are on the swell And the [C] men have tales to [G] tell From [C] Shirley Bay, Kil[G] keel and Ardglass [D] Town But the [G] Portavogie [G7] boys are the [C] lads who make the noise They're the [G] fishermen who [D] hail from County [G] Down [G] [D] [G] [Verse 4] From John's [G] point to The [G7] Man the [C] fishers' nets do span As the [G] sixty-long-foot trawlers they do [D] roll But it [G] will be 8[G7] pm afore the [C] men return again To [G] see their wives and [D] sweethearts on the [G] soil [Verse 5] George [G] Milligan & [G7] Sons and Angus [C] Cochrane are the ones Who pre[G] pare the haul for the likes of you and [D] me With their [G] cuttin' knives they [G7] toil When the [C] tea is on the boil For [G] George and Angus [D] know and love the [G] sea [Chorus] Eighty [D] boats are on the swell And the [C] men have tales to [G] tell From [C] Shirley Bay, Kil[G] keel and Ardglass [D] Town But the [G] Portavogie [G7] boys are the [C] lads who make the noise They're the [G] fishermen who [D] hail from County [G] Down They're the [G] fishermen who [D] hail from County [C][G] Down