Now it's three long years since we made her pay Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! And the owners say that she's had her day Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! So heave away for the final trawl Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! It's an easy pull for the catch is small Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Stow your gear, lads, and batten down Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! And we'll say farewell to the fishing grounds Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! We'll join the Venture and the Morning Star Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Riding high and empty beyond the bar Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! For I'd rather beach her on the Skerry rock Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Than to see her torched in the breaker's dock Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! And when I die you can stow me down Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! In her rusty hold where the breakers pound Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Then I'll make a haven out of Fiddler's Green Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Where the rhum is good, and the bunks are clean Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! I've fished a lifetime, boy and man Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! And this final trawl scarcely makes a cran Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! Three long years since we made her pay Sing haul away, my laddie, oh! And the owners say that she's had her day Sing haul away, my laddie, oh!