[Intro]
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Uncle Emile's been gone now nearly ten days
C G
Told his wife he be goin' for the fishing
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But in the waters off St. Pierre and Miquelon Isles
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The fishes come in bottles of gold
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If the Anne-Marie don't break and the Mounties stayin' blind
C Em
He'll be back before the moon is rising
C G
With a very fine catch all safe in the hold
C G
Thirty cases of Trinidad light
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For Acadian Saturday night
G
Now Emmeline Comeau works the general store
C G
My Papa says she's good for the custom's
Em
She got eyes like fire and hair past her shoulders
C Am
As shiny black as Cumberland coal
G
You can see her Sunday morning on the St Phillipe road
C Em
Her maman close behind like a dragon
C G
But her mama doesn't know what she does behind the hall
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Away from the music and the light
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On Acadian Saturday night
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And it's oh, don't the fiddles make you roll
C Em
Your heart she will pound like a hammer
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There's a fat lady beating her piano like a drum
G
And everybody's higher than a kite
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On Acadian Saturday night
[Solo Break]
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Now granpa says it was better in his day
C G
The Mounties stayed away from the parties
G
And they didn't mind a fight when the spirit got high
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You could always throw them out in the snow
G
And the rum was better and it came in bigger bottles
C Em
And the revenue cutters were slow
C G
Still, the old Anne-Marie has wings on the water
C G
And there's nothing like Trinidad light
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For Acadian Saturday night
D C G
And it's oh, don't the fiddles make you roll
C Em
Your heart she will pound like a hammer
D B7 Em C
There's a fat lady beating her piano like a drum
G
And everybody's higher than a kite
C D7 G
On Acadian Saturday night
D C G
And it's oh, don't the fiddles make you roll
C Em
Your heart she will pound like a hammer
D B7 Em C
There's a fat lady beating her piano like a drum
G
And everybody's higher than a kite
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On Acadian Saturday night
[Solo Break Repeats and Fades]
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