Lyr ADD: Hauling On Song (Kerr & Fagan)

Subject: Lyr Req: Hauling On Song
From: GUEST,Singerdave
Date: 01 Oct 21 - 09:34 AM

Looking for the lyrics & chords for the song 'Hauling On' recorded by Nancy Kerr & James Fagan on their CD 'Twice Reflected Sun'.
Any help please.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hauling On Song
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Oct 21 - 03:12 PM

I found a lot of recordings by Kerr & Fagan, but not "Hauling On." Here's a very poor recording of a performance of the song, apparently by Rose Price at Chester Folk Day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa7OlqhiOVA

I can't understand enough of it to even start a transcription.

Do you have any of the lyrics?

It was on a 2010 studio album, Twice Reflected Sun, by Nancy Kerr and James Fagan.

-Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor-

The song is available at Bandcamp:

https://kerrfagan.bandcamp.com/track/hauling-on

Subject: ADD: Hauling On (Nancy Kerr)
From: GerryM
Date: 01 Oct 21 - 07:58 PM

HAULING ON
(Nancy Kerr)

CHORUS:
Keep hauling on
Mighty the jaws of morning
War has made the billows roar
As we keep hauling on

We set sail like bold Phoenicians
For the gold on the horizon
Every soul lost to salvation
Every song adieu adieu

Our captain is our lord and jailer
For his wealth is our starvation
Every face a mask of hunger
Every song adieu adieu
CHORUS

When adrift between two harbors
Night falls black upon the water
Terror swims in every slumber
Bidding dreams adieu adieu

With the morning wrapped in silver
Rides a shadow in the water
Eye as black as any cinder
Bidding life adieu adieu
CHORUS

Still our souls are on that water
Like white gulls caught by the weather
Every siren singing danger
Every song adieu adieu
CHORUS

[The liner notes read, A boat shadowed ominously by a shark – the crew's conscience?]

https://kerrfagan.bandcamp.com/track/hauling-on

Note from Joe Offer - Fagan sings "Rides a shadow ON the water." I had finished my transcription of all but the last verse, but you beat me to it and corrected some mistakes I made. Thanks, Gerry.

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Hauling On Song (Kerr & Fagan)
From: GUEST,Singerdave
Date: 03 Oct 21 - 05:37 AM

Thanks everyone for your help, most appreciated.

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Hauling On Song (Kerr & Fagan)
From: GUEST,Reinhard
Date: 03 Oct 21 - 07:40 AM

The lyrics in the album's booklet have "Rides a shadow in the water" while James Fagen does sing "on" as Joe corrected.

The lyrics are accompanied by the note: "A boat shadowed ominously by a shark - the crew's conscience?" to which the shadow in the water would better fit.