The Greenland Fisheries (hi-lo)

by English forecastle song

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

THE GREENLAND FISHERIES hi-lo
English forecastle song
Key: G

3    4   -4   4   -3”-3”3  4   4   4
6    7   -8   7   -6  -66  7   7   7
In eight-een hun-dred and twen-ty four

4-4  5    6   -5  -4 -44 -4
7-8  8    9   -9  -8 -87 -8
On March the twen-ti-eth day

45   6   6   6  -55 -45 -55-44  -3”
78   9   9   9  -98 -88 -98-87  -6
We hoist-ed our col-ors to the mast

 4  -4    5    6
 7  -8    8    9
And for Green-land 

 -5 5 -44 -4    3    3
 -9 8 -87 -8    6    6
Sailed a-way, brave boys

 3    5    6   -5 5  -4  4
 6    8    9   -9 8  -8  7
For Green-land sailed a-way