Cape St. Mary's 3/4 Stan Rogers Otto P. Kelland
For the Family, Folk Traditions, Recorded in 1982 (R002)
Standard Tuning
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Take me / ba - / ck to my / western boat, /
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Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's./
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Where the / hog-down / sail, and
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The / fog horns / wail, /
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With my / friends, the / Browns, and the / Clear -
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Let me / fish off / Cape St. / Mary's. / /
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Let me / fe - / el my / dory lift, /
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To the / broad At - / lantic / combers.
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Where the / tide rip / swirls, and the / wild ducks /
whirl, and
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Old / Neptune / calls the / num - / bers, / /
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'Neath the / wild At - / lantic / combers. / /
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Let me / sa - / il up / Golden Bay, /
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With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin'./
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From the / thunder / squalls, when I / hauled my / trawls, and
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My / old Cape / Ann a - / glea - / min' / /
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With my / oilskins / all a - / streamin', / / and
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Let me / vi - / ew that / rugged shore, /
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With the / beaches / all a - / glisten, /
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With the / caplin / spawn, where from / dusk till / dawn,
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You / bait your / trawl, and you / list - / en, / /
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To the / under - / tow a - / hissin', / / and
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When I / re - / ach that / last big shoal, /
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Where the / groundswells / break a - / sunder, /
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Where the / wild sands / roll, to the / surge's / toll,
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Let me / be a / man and / take / it, / /
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When my / dory / fails to / make it. / /
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Oh / take me ba - / ck to that / snug green cove, /
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Where the / seas roll / up their / thunder, /
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There / let me / rest, in the / Earth's cool / breast,
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Where the / stars shine / out their / won - / der, / / and
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The / seas roll / up their / thun - / der. / /
Outro: Two verses melody (instrumental) then fade