Fiddlers Green

The Dubliners

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C F C Am As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair,
C F C G to view the salt waters and take the salt air,
F C I heard an old fisherman singing a song,
G C G 'Oh take me away boys, me time is not long'. [Chorus]
C G C Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers,
F C G no more on the docks I'll be seen.
F C Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates,
G G7 C and I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green. [Verse]
C F C Am Now Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell,
C F C G where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell.
F C Where the skies are all clear and the dolphins do play,
G C G and the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away. [Chorus]
C G C Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers,
F C G no more on the docks I'll be seen.
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F C Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates,
G G7 C and I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green. [Verse]
C F C Am Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gale,
C F C G and the fish jump on board with one swish of their tail.
F C Where you lie at your leisure, there's no work to do,
G C G and the skipper's below making tea for the crew. [Chorus]
C G C Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers,
F C G no more on the docks I'll be seen.
F C Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates,
G G7 C and I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green. [Verse]
C F C Am When you get back on docks and the long trip is through,
C F C G there's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there, too.
F C Where the girls are all pretty and the beer it is free,
G C G and there's bottles of rum growing from every tree. [Chorus]
C G C Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers,
F C G no more on the docks I'll be seen.
F C Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates,
G G7 C and I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green. [Verse]
C F C Am Now I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me,
C F C G just give me a breeze on a good rolling sea.
F C I'll play me old squeezebox as we sail along,
G C G with the wind in the rigging to sing me a song. [Chorus]
C G C Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumpers,
F C G no more on the docks I'll be seen.
F C Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates,
G G7 C and I'll see you some day on Fiddler's Green.
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