Shoals Of Herring Lyrics And Chords
The first piece of sheet music can be used on the flute or accordion.Ewan McColl wrote this folk song. It was recorded by Ewan McColl , The Corries and The Dubliners. The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included. Ewan has wrote a raft of great songs , many are included here. I have given a couple of versions of the guitar chords in chordpro including the version as played by Luke Kelly. The song featured in the film Inside Llewyn Davis with Oscar Isaac. It was also recorded by The Clancy Brothers and. Louis Killen. The ukulele chords are now included.
Shoales Of Herring Song Words With Chords In C Major
With[C] our nets and [Am]gear we're[G] far[C]ing On[C] the wild and waste[F]ful[C] oc[G]ean. Its there[C] that we[F] hunt and we[C] earn[G] our[Am] bread As we[C] hunted[F] for the shoals of[G] herr[C]ing O[C] it was a fine and a pleasant day Out of Yarmouth harbor I was[G] faring As a[C] cabinboy on a sailing[Am] lugger For to go and[C] hunt the[F] shoals of[G] herr[C]ing O the work was hard and the hours long And the treatment, sure it took some bearing There was little kindness and the kicks were many As we hunted for the shoals of herring O we fished the Swarth and the Broken Bank I was cook and I'd a quarter sharing And I used to sleep standing on my feet And I'd dream about the shoals of herring O we left the homegrounds in the month of June And to Canny Shiels we soon were bearing With a hundred cran of silver darlings That we'd taken from the shoals of herring Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman You can swear and show a manly bearing Take your turn on watch with the other fellows While you're searching for the shoals of herring In the stormy seas and the living gales Just to earn your daily bread you're daring From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands As you're following the shoals of herring O I earned my keep and I paid my way And I earned the gear that I was wearing Sailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes We were sailing after shoals of herring Below is the sheet music with tin whistle notes. The version just below the whistle version is in a slightly lower key.
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Below is an alternative version of the sheet music in a lower key
Here's the chords as played by Luck Kelly on his banjo.
With[C] our nets and gear we're[G] far[C]ing On[C] the wild and waste[F]ful[C] ocean. It's out there on the [F]deep [C]We harvest and [F]reap [C]our bread As we hunt the bonny [F]shoals [C]of [G]herr[C]ing O[C] it was a fine and a pleasant day Out of Yarmouth harbor I was[G] faring As a[C] cabinboy on a sailing lugger We were following the [G]shoals of Herr[C]ing Here's the guitar chords for the key of G.
With[G] our nets and [Em]gear we're[D] far[G]ing On[G] the wild and waste[C]ful[G] oc[D]ean. Its there[G] that we[C] hunt and we[G] earn[D] our[Em] bread As we[G] hunted[C] for the shoals of[D] herr[G]ing O[G] it was a fine and a pleasant day Out of Yarmouth harbor I was[D] faring As a[G] cabinboy on a sailing[Em] lugger For to go and[G] hunt the[C] shoals of[D] herr[G]ing |