[ Предположительная тональность: A ] For Nolan's Irish Pub Session Players Full version (10 verses) Key of A Capo 2 [Intro] (semi a capella): A E A With our nets and gear we're faring A D A E On the wild and wasteful ocean. A D A E F#m It's there on the deep that we harvest and reap our bread A D E A As we hunt the bonny shoals of herring. [Verse] A D E A Oh it was a fine and a pleasant day A E Out of Yarmouth harbour I was faring A E D F#m As a cabin boy on a sailing lugger A D E A For to hunt the bonny shoals of herring A D E A O, the work was hard and the hours were long A E And the treatment sure it took some bearing A E D F#m There was little kindness and the kicks were many A D E A As we hunted for the shoals of herring A D E A O, we left the home grounds in the month of June A E And to canny Shields we soon were bearing A E D F#m With a hundred cran of the silver darlings A D E A That we'd taken from the shoals of herring A D E A Now you're up on deck, you're a fisherman A E You can swear and show a manly bearing A E D F#m Take your turn on watch with the other fellows A D E A While you're searching for the shoals of herring A D E A O, we fished the Sward and the Broken Bank A E I was a cook and I'd a quarter-sharing A E D F#m And I used to sleep, standing on me feet A D E A And I'd dream about the shoals of herring A D E A You're net rope man now, boy you're on the move A E And you're learning all about seafaring A E D F#m That's your education, scraps of navigation A D E A As you hunt the bonny shoals of herring A D E A In the stormy seas and the living gales A E Just to earn your daily bread you're daring A E D F#m From the Dover Straits to the Faroe Islands A D E A As you're following the shoals of herring A D E A O, I earned my keep and I paid my way A E And I earned the gear that I was wearing A E D F#m Sailed a million miles, caught ten million fishes A D E A We were sailing after shoals of herring [Outro] (semi a capella) A E A Night and day the sea we're daring, A D A E Come wind or come winter gale, A D A E F#m Sweating or cold, growing up or growing old or dying, A D E A While we're hunting for the shoals of herring