Song Name: | Free in the Harbour | By: | Stan Rogers |
Posted By: | leems | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2015-01-11 18:43:32 | Modified: | 2015-01-11 18:43:32 |
Song: |
4 6 6 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7 Well it’s blackfish at play in Hermitage Bay 6 6 -4 4 -4 4 -4 5 6 From Pushthrough across to Bois Island 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7 They broach and they sprout and they lift their flukes out -6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 -6 6 And they wave to a town that is dying 7 -7 -6 -7 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 -8 7 Now it’s many’s the boats that have plied on the foam -8 7 -7 7 -6 -7 7 -8 Hauling away! Hauling away! 6 6 6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -6 But there’s many more fellas been leaving their homes -7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4 Where the whales make free in the harbour.
6 6 6 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7 It’s at Portage and Main you’ll see them again -7 -6 6 -4 4 -4 4 -4 5 6 On their way to the hills of Alberta. 6 6 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7 With lop-side grins, they waggle their chins -6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 -6 6 And they brag of the wage they’ll be earning. 7 -7 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 -8 7 Then it’s quick, pull the string boys, and get the loot out, -8 7 -7 7 -6 -7 7 -8 Haul it away! Haul it away! 6 6 6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 8 -6 But just two years ago you could hear the same shout -7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4 Where the whales make free in the harbour.
7.... -7 -6 -6 6 6 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 6 Free in the harbour; the blackfish are sporting again 7.... -6 6 -6 7 -6 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 -8 -8 Free in the harbour; untroubled by comings and goings of men 6 6 8 8 8 -8 7 -8 8 8 8 Who once did persue them as oil from the sea, 8 -8 7 7 8 -8 7 -6 Hauling away! Hauling away! 6 6 6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -6 Now they’re Calgary roughnecks from Hermitage Bay, -7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4 Where the whales make free in the harbour.
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