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Thread #74823 Message #1313658
Posted By: GUEST,Anne Croucher
01-Nov-04 - 07:00 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Three Score and Ten
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Three Score and ten?
I heard this at the George in Barnsley, Yorkshire - in 1968 or early 69 I think.
There are slight differences.
It was three score and ten boys and men were lost from Grimsby town From Yarmouth down to Scarborough many hundred more were drowned There were herring craft and trawlers and fishing smacks as well Went out to fight that bitter night and battle with the swell.
Methinks I see a host of craft their sails set to the breeze As down the Humber they do glide all bound for the Northern sea Methinks I see on each small craft a crew with heart so brave Going to earn their daily bread upon the restless wave
Methinks I see them yet again as they leave the land behind Casting their nets into the sea the herring shoals to find Methinks I see them yet again and all on deck all right with sails close reefed and decks cleared up and sidelights burning bright
October's night brought such a sight as never seen before As masts and spars and broken yards came floating to the shore there was many a heart of sorrow there was many a heart so brave there was many a hearty fisherman went to a watery grave