The Fishes (hi-lo)

by English forecastle song

Type:: Diatonic
Key:: G
Posted by:: waltp

THE FISHES hi-lo
English forecastle song
Key: G
Time: 6/8

 3    4  -4  4    3   2   3
 6    7  -8  7    6   5   6
Come all ye bold fish-er-men

 5  -5  6   5
 8  -9  9   8 
Lis-ten to me

4  -3   -3” -3 -3” 3   3
7  -7   -6  -7 -6  6   6
I will sing you a song of

 3   -4  5  -4   4
 6   -8  8  -8   7
The fish of the sea

3   5   -4   4    3   2  3
6   8   -8   7    6   5  6
So blow ye winds west-er-ly,

 -3” -2”-3” 3
 -6  -5 -6  6
West-er-ly blow

  3     5   -5  6    5    4
  6     8   -9  9    8    7
We’re bound to the south-ward

3   -3” 4  -3 4
6   -6  7  -7 7
So stea-dy we go