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Thread #43100 Message #3750163
Posted By: RunrigFan
11-Nov-15 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Fishing Days (Campbell Gunn)
Subject: RE: A Great Song
Wrong lyrics
Rannoch which consisted of Campell Gunn & Heather O'Neill broke up in 1997 and I think over released 1 album
I can see the boats at Mallaig from Lewis and the Clyde Low down in the water, to the harbour with the tide I "can not sung* see 'The Horse' and Sammy from the 'Stormdrift' at the dawn With a hundred cran of herring But the fishing days are gone
chorus:
They ploughed the seas and they reaped the silver corn There were hard days and bitter ways to greet the frosty morn They ploughed the seas and they reaped the silver corn They made, hard lives and bitter wives But the fishing days are gone
As a boy I used to watch them, as they fished the Arran shore On calm and peaceful summer nights and next day home once more But when winter winds were howling and the world lay snug and warm They were out there upon the ocean now the fishing days are gone
Repeat Chorus
Now the big ships sweep the seabed from Shetland down to Spain The drifter and the ring net, we will never see again The smoking sheds lie empty, the 'Stormdrift's' days are done The herring ships are over And the fishing days are gone