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The Fisherman's Song
Copyright Andy Stewart written about how bad it sucks to have to fish or otherwise boat on the North Sea. Performed by Silly Wizard on Wild And Beautiful CDEm G Am
By the storm-torn shoreline, a woman is standing
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The spray strung like jewels in her hair
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And the sea tore the rocks on that desolate landing
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As if it had known she stood thereEm G Am
Chorus: And she has come down to condemn that wild ocean
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For the murderous loss of her man
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His boat sailed out on Wednesday morning
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And it's feared she's gone down with all handsEm G Am
And it's white were the wave-caps and wild was their parting
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So fierce is the warring of love
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But she prayed to the gods, both of men and of sailors
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Not to cast their cruel nets o'er her love ChorusEm G Am
Now, what force leads a man to a life filled with danger
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High on seas or a mile underground ?
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It's when need is his master and pain is no stranger
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And there's no other work to be found ChorusEm G Am
There's a school on the hill where the son's of dead sailors
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Are led toward tempests and gales
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Where their God-given wings are clipped close to their bodies
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And their eyes are bound round with ships' sails Chorus
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