[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Where do you go, little herring, what do you see, tail and fin?
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"Blue and green, cold and dark, seaweed growing high
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Hills a hundred fathom deep where the dead men lie
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Dogfish eyes and mackerel's eyes and they hunger after me
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Net or weir, I don't care, catch me if you can."
[Verse]
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Where do you go, little boat, tar and timber, plank and sail?
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"I go to green bays, lift them under me
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Cold, grey, combing seas come to bury me
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Rocky jaws and stony claws and, oh, they hunger after me
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Harbours cold, deep and bold, I wish that I could see."
[Verse]
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What do you see, fisherman, poor old sailor, blood and bone?
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"Mackerel skies, mares' tails, reef and furl and steer
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Poor haul and hungry days, rotten line and gear
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Snow, wind and winter gales and, oh, they hunger after me
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Net or weir, I don't care, catch you if I can."
[Verse]
D G D
Where do you go, little herring, what do you see, tail and fin?
G F G F G
"Blue and green, cold and dark, seaweed growing high
C G D
Hills a hundred fathom deep where the fisherman lie
C G D
Dogfish eyes and mackerel's eyes and oh, they hunger after me
G F G F G
Net or weir, I don't care, catch me if you can."