The Young Fisherwoman-Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen
Transcribed by: GMWNS
Album: 45 Years of Memories
Written by: ?
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The boats were all set to depart
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The crews mend the nets for the journey
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One last kiss from sweethearts and wives
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Who were left standing there by the sea.
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One young wife with tears in her eyes
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Who had only a short time been wed
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But with others she waited re turn
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Of her husband the fisherman Ned.
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She watched the small boats where they sailed
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Just a spec on the distant ho rizon
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Then she turned her weary foot home
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For she knew that the night would soon come.
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How empty the village would be
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How lonely the fisherman's wife
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For this was Ned's first trip to sea
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Since she'd moved to the village his wife.
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Brief inst break? ?
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Some days now have passed since they've gone
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Was time to return to the harbor
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The women and children were there
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With laughter and hearts all a stir.
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And soon there were cries of delight
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From the lips of the ones who were gathered
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A pointed white sail had been seen
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They were welcomed and hailed as they neared.
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And then came a sign of despair
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For the sight of the boats they had yearned
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They all knew that fifteen had left
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But only fourteen had re turned.
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There Grace so torn could not see
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Was Ned's boat that could not be found
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The others trekked back to their homes
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While Grace knelt there on the ground.
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Brief inst break? ?
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The story was told of the wind
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And the storm how the one boat was swept
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How the men had been lost in the night
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Then the whole village silently wept.
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The village still tells how for years
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The young fisherwoman and bride
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Had watched for a boat to come in
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Each day by the lonely sea side.