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oh it was a fine and a pleasant day
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out of yarmouth harbor i was faring
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as a cabin boy on a sailing lugger
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for to hunt the bonny shoals of herring

now you’re up on deck , you’re a fisherman
you can swear show a manly barren
take your turn and watch with the other fellas
as you hunt the bonnie shoals of herring

well i earned my keep and i paid my way
and i earned the gear that i was wearing
i sailed a million mile , caught ten million fishes
we were dreaming of the shoals of herring

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night and day the seas were daring
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come wind oh come more winter again
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sweating or cold , growing up , growing old , or dying
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as we dream about the shoals of herring