Song Name: | Bluenose | By: | Stan Rogers |
Posted By: | Leems | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2015-04-14 01:15:30 | Modified: | 2015-04-14 01:15:30 |
Song: | 7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 Once again with the tide she slips her line -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 -6 Turns her head and comes awake 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 -7 Where she lay so still there at Privateer’s Wharf -6 -6 -6 6 6 6 -6 Now she quickly gathers way -6 6 6 5 5 -4 4 -4 4 5 She will range far south from the harbour mouth -4 -4 -4 4 4 4 -4 And rejoice with every wave -6 -6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6 Who will know the Bluenose in the sun
7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 Feel her bow rise free of Mother Sea -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 -6 In a sunburst cloud of spray 4 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7-6-6 That stings the cheek while the rigging will speak 6 -6 6 -5 6-6 Of sea-miles gone away -6 6 6 5 5 -4 4-4 5 She is always best under full press -4 -4 4 4 4 -4 Hard over as she’ll lay 5 -6-6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6 And who will know the Bluenose in the sun? -6-6 -6 7 8 7 -76 -6
6 -6-6-6 -6 -7 -6 6 6 That proud, fast Queen of the Grand Banks Fleet 5 -5 5 -4 4 5 Portrayed on every dime -4 -4 4 4 4 -4 5 5 6 -6 6 -6 Knew hard work in her time…hard work in every line 5 -6 -6 -6-6 -7-6 6 6 The rich men’s toys of the Gloucester boys 5 5 -5 5-4 4 5 With their token bit of cod -4 4 -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 -6 6 They snapped their spars and strained to pass her by -6 -6 6 6 -6-7 7 But she left them all behind
7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 6-5 6 -6 Now her namesake daughter remains to show what she has been -6 -8 7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 7 7 -6 6 -5-6 What every schoolboy remembers and will not come again -6 -6 6 6 6 5 5 -5 -5 -5 5 To think she’s the last of the Grand Banks Schooners 5 -4 4 4 4-4 That fed so many men 5 -6 -6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6 And who will know the Bluenose in the sun? -6 -6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6
7 7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6-7 7-7 -6 So does she not take wing like a living thing -6 -6 6 -5 6 -6 Child of the moving tide 7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -8 7-7 See her pass with grace on the water’s face -7 7 -6 6 -5 -6 With clean and quiet pride -6 -6 6 6 5 -5 -5 5 -4 -4 4 4 4 -4 Our own tall ship of great renown still lifts unto the sky -6 -6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6 Who will know the Bluenose in the sun? -6 -6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 7 8 7 -7 6 -6.......
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