Cape St. Mary's
Stan Rogers
(Rythme ¾) G/F# : 220003 Take_ me_ back__ to my_ western__ boat_ Let me_ fish_ off_ Cape_ St._ Mary's__ (arrêt) Where_ the hag-downs_ sail_ and the fog-horns__ wail__ With my friends_ the Browns_ and the Clea__-rys__ (arrêt) Let me fish_ off Cape_ St. Mary's_ (arrêt) Let me_ feel__ my__ dory lift_ To the broad__ Atlan__-tic_ combers__ Where the tide_ rips_ swirl_ and the wild_ ducks_ whirl_ And Old_ Neptune_ ca-alls the num__-bers__ (arrêt) 'Neath the wild__ Atlan__-tic combers__ (arrêt) Let me sail__ up_ Gol_-den Bay_ With my_ oil_-skins_ all__ a_-streamin'__ From the thun_-der_ squalls_ when I_ hauled_ my_ trawl__ And my old_ Cape Ann_ a-glea__-min'__ (arrêt) With my oil_-skins_ all__ a_-streamin'_ (arrêt And let me view__ that__ rugged_ shore__ With the bea__-ches all__ a_-glisten__ With the ca_-plin spawn_ where from dusk_ till dawn_ (arrêt) You bait your trawl_ and you_ lis__-ten__ (arrêt) To the un_-dertow_ a_-hissin'_ (arrêt) And when I_ reach__ that_ last_ big_ shoal_ Where the ground_-swells__ break__ a_-sunder__ Where the wild_ sands_ roll_ to the sur_-ge's_ toll_ Let me be_ a man_ and_ take__ it_ (arrêt) When my_ dory_ fails__ to make it_ (arrêt) Oh_ take_ me back__ to that_ snug_ green_ cove__ Where the seas__ roll__up their_ thunder__ There__ let me__ rest_ in the Earth's_ cool__ breast_ Where the stars_ shine__ out_ their_ won__-der__ (arrêt) And the seas__ roll_ up their_ thun_-der____ (arrêt)