Slaughter on the sea.... Moments down the pier.... Watching the Herring boats blah blah....
Lyrics
Well its haul away me hinny's O
We're off ta where the wind doth blow
We're off ta sea in the rain and snow
We're off ta catch a whale O
O hoist main sails me hinny's O
Fill them up and away we'll go
We're bound for caulder weather O
We're off ta catch a whale O
Ha'way me hinny's we're garn
Wherever the wind be blarn
Ha'way me hinny's we're garn
Wherever the wind be blarn
And sharpen you old harpoon O
We're off to where the blood doth flow
We're off to where the icebergs grow
We're off ta slaughter whales O
O there she blows me hinny's O
Came the cry from the Crow's Nest O
Drop the cobble to starboard O
We're off ta spear a whale O
Ha'way me hinny's we're garn
Wherever the wind be blarn
Ha'way me hinny's we're garn
Wherever the wind be blarn
But this cunning whale me hinny's O
And he took no stick from the whalers O
And he sunk our ship with his big tail O
We didn't catch the whale
Lost at sea me hinny's O
Twenty five men in a cobble O
Bobbing up and down on the rough sea O
All off ta catch a whale O
Ha'way me hinny's we're garn
Wherever the wind be blarn
Ha'way me hinny's we're garn
Wherever the wind be blarn
Jackie works the Herring boats
Paddy sucks the Herring bones
John he's the keel man
Jimmy is the Lighthouse man
For the Herring boats
Bringing all the Herring back
Cos Nancy she's the pickler
Bobby's got his lobster pots
He's blowing on his willick horn
Connies shoveling sea coal
Down around the Hendon Banks
Watching all the Herring boats
Bringing all the Herring back
Cos Nancy she's the pickler
Geordie's got his cobble out
Fishing off the pilot house
The fogs a 'rolling off the bar
Aheng me boys ya hear them shout
Dodging all the Herring boats
Bringing all the Herring back
Bringing all the Herring back
Cos Nancy's she's the pickler
Peggy's digging for rag worm
She's up to a 'knees in all the clarts
The tide goes out and the tide comes in
Bringing all the Herring Gulls
Circling rund the Herring boats
Cos Nancy she's the pickler
Jackie works the Herring boats
Paddy sucks the Herring bones
John he's the keel man
Jimmy is the Lighthouse man
For the Herring boats
Bringing all the Herring back
Cos Nancy she's the pickler
