Bold Fisherman (hi-lo)
by 19th C. English Sea Chantey · posted by WaltP
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- b or '
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- bb or ''
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- bbb or '''
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BOLD FISHERMAN hi-lo
19th C. English Sea Chantey
Key: E
Time: 3/4
3 4 4 5 6 6 6
6 7 7 8 9 9 9
There was a bold fish-er-man
5 -5 -4 6 5 -4 4
8 -9 -8 9 8 -8 7
Who sailed out from Pim-li-co
3 4 4 5 6 6
6 7 7 8 9 9
To slew the wild cod-fish
5 5 -5 -4 -3 4
8 8 -9 -8 -7 7
And the bold mack-er-el
6 -6 -6 -6 -5 6 6 6
9 -10 -10 -10 -9 9 9 9
When he ar-rived off Pim-li-co
5 -5 5 -4 6 5 -4 4
8 -9 8 -8 9 8 -8 7
The storm-y winds did wild-ly blow
6 -6 -6 -6 -5 6 6 6 6
9 -10 -10 -10 -9 9 9 9 9
His lit-tle boat went wib-ble, wob-ble
5 6 6 -5 -4 4
8 9 9 -9 -8 7
And o-ver-board sprang he
6 6 6 -5 5
9 9 9 -9 8
Twink-i, doo-dle dum
5 5 5 5 4
8 8 8 8 7
Twink-i, doo-dle dum
4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -4
7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -8
‘Twas the high-ly in-ter-est-ing
5 -4 4
8 -8 7
Song he sung
6 6 6 -5 5
9 9 9 -9 8
Twink-i, doo-dle dum
5 5 5 -4 4
8 8 8 -8 7
Twink-i, doo-dle dum
5 5 -5 4 -3 4
8 8 -9 7 -7 7
Sang the bold fish-er-man