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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

[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

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