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T:Three Score and Ten
C:Composer :  William Delf
S:Mr J Pearson, Filey, 1957
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Oxford Book of Sea Songs, ISBN 0-19-282155-5
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w:And its three score and ten boys and men were lost from Grims-by town
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w:From Yar-mouth down to Scar-bor-* ough man-y hun-dreds more were drowned
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w:Our_ her-ring craft, our trawl-ers, our fish-ing smacks as well
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w:They longed to fight that bit-ter night to bat-tle with the swell
W:Chorus:
W:And its three score and ten boys and men were lost from Grimsby Town;
W:From Yarmouth down to Scarborough many hundreds more were drowned.
W:Our herring craft, our trawlers, our fishing smacks as well.
W:They longed to fight that bitter night to battle with the swell.
W:
W:Methinks I see some little craft spreading their sails a-lee
W:As down the Humber they do glide all bound for the northern sea.
W:Methinks I see on each small craft a crew with hearts so brave
W:Going out to earn their daily bread upon the restless wave.
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W:Methinks I see them yet again as they leave the land behind,
W:Casting their nets into the sea the fishing ground to find.
W:Methinks I see them yet again and all on board's all right,
W:With the sails flow free and the decks cleared up and the side-lights burning bright.
W:
W:October's night was such a sight was never seen before:
W:There was masts, there was yards; broken spars came floating to our shore.
W:There was many a heart of sorrow, there was many a heart so brave;
W:There was many a hearty fisherlad did find a watery grave.