have been singing this for years and thought it was called "Master Of Men"

This is the version I sing with the chords for verse and chorus.

Men of The Sea                C       (Connoley/Meek)

C                F             G            C
At the age of fifteen I slipped out from the Humber,
             F            G          C
my very first trip for the silver pits bound.
                  F             G         C
I was galley boy, mess-man, the lowest of callings,
                  F          G             C
but at last I was off to the trawl fishing ground
.
CHORUS
G          G7
Faeroes to Labrador,
F
Bear Island Norway
    C             G….G7
The cold Greenland shore,
C          F             G7         C ….Bb…F….C
learning my trade with the men of the sea.


Long years as a deckie I hauled for my living
and I dodged on the deck from the wild Arctic gales,
knew the tight grip of fear as the cold sea swept o'er me,
and I soon learned the truth of the old trawling tales

CHORUS

And in between trips, well, the town couldn't hold me,
a two day tycoon with my head full of rum,
a girl on each arm and a pocket soon empty,
live now and pay later, there's hard days to come.

CHORUS

Now I know every Huller that tops the horizon
I've learned all the tricks of the old trawling trade.
Knew the sea as provider, betrayer, and taker,
but I've got my mates ticket, my future is made.

CHORUS

As a skipper at last I stand tall on the dockside,
from the boy to the man to the master of men.
Now the ocean is mine as we ship from the humber
and of to the sea to start learning again.

CHORUS

Hope this helps you.

I have quite a few sea songs which no-one seems to sing anymore.

Jim Gray (Stage Name Dolly Gray [Ex Royal Navy !!])

jgray@jgray.karoo.co.uk