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Yeah Ho Little Fish

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

(This song has various lyrics depending on who wrote and sang it. Spencer Tracy sang a version in the Movie
'Captains Couragous' called 'Manuel's love song' with lyrics by Gus Kahn and Franz Waxman)

(This first version is from "Folk Songs of Australia - and the Men and Women Who Sang Them" by Steve Towson
and the Kunkala Station Band https://music.stevetowson.com/track/yo-ho-little-fishy-2)

[Intro]
C F C G C

[Verse 1]
C G C
The crew are asleep and the ocean's at rest,
C G C
And I'm singing this song to the one I love best.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C F C G C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.

[Verse 2]
C G C
There are fish in the sea, there's no doubt about it,
C G C
Just as big as the ones that have e'er come out.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C F C G C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.

[Verse 2]
C G C
Little fish, when she's caught, she fights like a whale,
C G C
As she thrashes the water with her long, narrow tail.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C F C G C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.

[Verse 3]
C G C
The anchor's away, and the weather is fine,
C G C
And the captain's on deck laying out other lines.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C F C G C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.

[Verse 4]
C G C
The crew are asleep and the ocean's at rest,
C G C
And I'm singing this song for the one I love best.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C F C G C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.

(Here is a version of the lyrics as recorded by Ed Trickett on "The Telling Takes Me Home")

[Intro]
C F C G C

[Verse 1]
C G C
Come all ye bold fishermen, listen to me;
C G C
I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
C F C G C
Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by.

[Verse 2]
C G C
You go to fish school and can learn from a book
C G C
How not to get caught on the fisherman's hook.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
C F C G C
Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by.

[Verse 3]
C G C
Watch out, little fish, we're out after you,
C G C
But you can escape away deep in the blue.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
C F C G C
Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by.

[Verse 4]
C G C
You just swim around the fisherman's bait
C G C
And you won't end up on the fisherman's plate.

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
C F C G C
Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by

(Last, but not least: 'Manuel's Love Song' as sung by Spencer Tracy (as the character Manuel, playing a
Hurdy-gurdy) from the Movie, 'Captains Couragous'(1937))

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
C F C G C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry

[Verse 1]
C G C
Once Doc baked some biscuits and throw them away
C G C
Next day no more fish come around boat to play

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
C F C G C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry

[Verse 2]
C G C
Said Cabbage to fish cake Who lay on one dish
C G C
I beautiful cabbage You only poor fish

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
C F C G C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry

[Verse 3]
C G C
There's a place in my heart For the one I love best
C G C
And I still keep her picture tattooed on my chest

[Chorus]
C F C F C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
C F C G C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry"