The Young Fisherwoman-Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen
(G) The boats were all set to depart
The crews mend the nets for the (D) journey
One (G) last kiss from sweethearts and (C) wives
Who were (D) left standing there by the (G) sea.
(G) One young wife with tears in her eyes
Who had only a short time been (D) wed
But with (G) others she waited re (C) turn
Of her (D) husband the fisherman (G) Ned.
(G) She watched the small boats where they sailed
Just a spec on the distant ho (D) rizon
Then she (G) turned her weary foot (C) home
For she (D) knew that the night would soon (G) come.
(G) How (C) empty the (G) village would (D) be
How (G) lonely the fisherman's (D) wife
For (G) this was Ned's first trip to (C) sea
Since she'd (D) moved to the village his (G) wife.
Brief inst break…(D)…(G)
(G) Some days now have passed since they've gone
Was time to return to the (D) harbor
The (G) women and children were (C) there
With (D) laughter and hearts all a (G) stir.
(G) And soon there were cries of delight
A (G) pointed white sail had been (C) seen
They were (D) welcomed and hailed as they (G) neared.
(G) And then came a sign of despair
For the sight of the boats they had (D) yearned
They (G) all knew that fifteen had (C) left
But (D) only fourteen had re (G) turned.
(G) There (C) Grace so (G) torn could not (D) see
Was (G) Ned's boat that could not be (D) found
The (G) others trekked back to their (C) homes
While (D) Grace knelt there on the (G) ground.
Brief inst break…(D)…(G)
(G) The story was told of the wind
And the storm how the one boat was (D) swept
How the (G) men had been lost in the (C) night
Then the (D) whole village silently (G) wept.
The (C) village still (G) tells how for (D) years
The (G) young fisherwoman and (D) bride
Had (G) watched for a boat to come (C) in
Each (D) day by the lonely sea (G) side.
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