FINAL TRAWL

by Archie Fisher



Now it's three long years since we made her pay

Sing haul away, my laddie-o

And the owners say that she's had her day

And sing haul away, my laddie-o



So pull away for the final trawl

sing...

It's an easy pull, for the catch is small

sing...



Now its stow your gear lads and batten down

Then I'll turn the wheel, lads, and turn her round



And we'll join "The Venture" and "The Morning Star"

Riding High and empty behind the bar



For I'd rather beach her on the skerry rock

Than to see her torched on the breakers dock



And when I die, you can stow me down

In her rusty hold, where the breakers sound



Then I'll make the haven and the Fiddler's Green

Where the grub is good and the bunks are clean



I fished a lifetime, boy and man

An the final trawl scarcely nets a cran



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