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Huron Star song lyrics and guitar chords

written by Ron Rackley, it's about the men who fished out of Kincardine in the eighteen hundreds in their wooden sailing schooners. 




[C] We’re’re out the harbour and across the bar [Am] heading north on the [Em] Huron  
[Am] Star, [C] the wind is rising and we’ve reefed the main [Am] in the air a [Em]trace
of [Am]rain.
Chorus [C] we’re sailing [Em] sailing [Am] ing ing sailing on the [Em] Huron [Am]Star.
 

[C] The  weather is cold and the glass is low [Am] must be ready to [Em] meet that [Am]blow,[C] with oilys on we’re all battened down,[Am] whitecaps dancing [Em] all [Am] around Chorus [C] we’re sailing [Em] sailing [Am] ing ing sailing on the [Em] Huron [Am]Star[C] Shes made of oak she’s sound and strong [Am] pretty as a [Em]siren’s [Am]song
[C] three men and a boy it’s all there are [Am] to man man the schooner [Em] Huron
[Am]Star.
Chorus [C] we’re sailing [Em] sailing [Am] ing ing sailing on the [Em] Huron [Am]Star

 [C] We’re plunging on through stormy seas [Am] hauling fish up [Em] to our [Am] knees
[C] with lighning flash and thunder roar [Am] our holds are full we’ll [Em] take no [Am] 
more.
Chorus [C] we’re sailing [Em] sailing [Am] ing ing sailing on the [Em] Huron [Am]Star
[C] our bow is turned and we’re homeward bound [Am] smiling faces [Em] all a [Am]around. [C] With straining sails and halyards tight,[Am] we’re heading for [Em]C
Kincardine  [Am] light
. Chorus [C] we’re sailing [Em] sailing [Am] ing ing sailing on the [Em] Huron [Am]Star
[Am] Kincardine men are [Em] are who we [Am] are,we’re heading for Paddy [Em] Walkers [Am] bar.[Em] Huron [Am]Star [Em] Huron [Am] Star.[Em] [Am].

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