fiddler's green

hernesheir commented on the word fiddler's green

The Irish song Fiddler's Green:

As I walked by the dockside one evening so rare

To view the still waters and take the salt air

I heard an old fisherman singing this song,

Oh take me away boys, me time is not long

(chorus): Dress me up in me oilskins and jumper

No more on the docks I'll be seen

Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin' a trip mates

I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green

Oh in Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell

Where sailormen go if they don't go to hell

Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play

And the cold coast of Greenland is far far away

(chorus)

Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gale

And the fish jump on board with a swish of their tails

Where you lie at your leisure - there's no work to do

And the skipper's below making tea for the crew

(chorus)

Oh and when you are docked and the long trip is through

There's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there too

Where the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free

And there's bottles of rum growin' off every tree

(chorus)

Oh I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me

Just give me a breeze and a good rollin' sea

And I'll play me auld squeezebox as we sail along

With the wind in the riggin' to sing me this song

(chorus)

June 15, 2010