Here's my own tribute to Fleetwood's derelict fishing fleet and their crews (copy and paste into WORD/TIMES/12 to line up chords):

Words and tune by Charlie Ipcar, © 10/21/10

THE SPECTRAL FISHING FLEET

Am---------------------------G----------Am
By the River Wyre, from years gone by,
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Fleetwood's boats left high an' dry;
Am------------------G---------Am
In the marshlands there they lie –
---------C-----G-------Am
They'll go to sea no more.
Dm--------------Am
Florentine and Our Jo-anne,
-----G---------------C--G-Am
Eu-reka, Clarain an' Ze-gan,
Dm--------------Am
Slowly sinking on the strand –
-----G----------------Am
We call the Tiger's Tail.

Chorus:

Am------------------------G----------Am
So here's to the lads of Fleetwood town,
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Here's to their boats of high re-known;
------Am------------------G-------Am
Let's raise a glass for a-nother round,
-------C---------G-----Am
Drink to those glory days!


There they lie an' there they'll stay,
Rusting, rotting, by the Bay,
No one knows what they say
When the sun goes down.
The moon comes up, the sun goes down,
Do you hear a whispering sound?
Or just the tide as it swirls around
The spectral fishing fleet? (CHO)

Through rusted ribs an' planks awry
The windsong hums a lullaby;
Shadows dance beneath the sky –
In the pale moonlight.
The fleet's all in; there's naught to say
But yarn about their glory days,
When they sailed beyond the Bay –
In search of fishing grounds. (CHO)

From the Dogger Banks to Iceland's shore,
They sailed ten thousand miles or more;
They trawled along the ocean floor,
Brought home the silver darlings.
But now the fish they are so few,
There's no work left for boats to do;
They're all laid up, an' lost their crews –
They'll cross the bar no more. (CHO)

Reprise:

Dm--------------Am
Florentine and Our Jo-anne,
-----G---------------C--G-Am
Eu-reka, Clarain an' Ze-gan,
Dm--------------Am
Slowly sinking on the strand –
-----G----------------Am
We call the Tiger's Tail;
-----G----------------Am
We call the Tiger's Tail!

Here's a link to a MP3 sample of how I sing it: click here for MP3 sample!

Thanks again to Ross and Sean for taking me and Judy out to the marsh where the fleet lies abandoned.

Charley Noble