Fiddler's green Lyrics

von John Connolly

Fiddler's Green

As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair
To view the salt waters and take the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singing a song
'Oh take me away boys, me time is not long'

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Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm taking a trip mates
And I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green

Now Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell
Where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell
Where the skies are all clear
And the dolphins do play
And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away

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Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gale
And the fish jump on board
With one swish of their tail
Where you lie at your leisure there's no work to do
And the skipper's below making tea for the crew

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When you get back on docks
And the long trip is through
There's pubs and there's clubs
And there's lassies there too
Where the girls are all pretty and the beer it is free
And there's bottles of rum growing from every tree

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Now I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me
Just give me a breeze on a good rolling sea
I'll play me old squeezebox as we sail along
With the wind in the rigging to sing me a song

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