Free in the Harbour

Stan Rogers

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Accords: G : 320022 D(sus4) : xx0233 D(sus2) : xx0230 D5 : xx0235 G/F# : 220033 Em/D : xx0000 C/B : x22010 Well it's black_-fish_ at_ play__ in Her_-mitage__ Bay__ From Pushthrough__ across_ to Bois Island__ They broach_ and they_ sprout and they_ lift_ their flukes out_ And they wave__ to a town-n__ that is dy_ y -ing__ Now it's many's__ the boats_ that have_ plied on_ the foam__ Hau__-ling_ away__ hau__-ling_ away_-ay-ay_ But there's_ many__ more_ fellows__ been_ lea-ving their_ homes_ Where the whales_ make free in_ the harbour__ It's at Portage and Main_ you'll see_ them__ again__ On_ their way__ to the hills_ of Alberta__ With lop-sided grins_ they_ waggle_ their chins_ And they brag__ of the wage_ they'll_ be ear -earning_ Then it's_ "Quick_ pull_ the string_ boys_ and_ get the tool_ out_ Hau__-ling_ away__ hau__-ling_ away_-ay-ay_ But just_ two_ years_ ago_ you could hear_ the same_ shout_ Where the whales_ make free in_ the harbour__ Free___ in_ the har_-bour___ The blackfish__ are sporting__ again__ Free___ in_ the har_-bour___ Untroubled_ by comings_ and goings_ of men__ Who once did__ pursue__ them_ as oil__ from the sea__ Hau__-ling_ away__ hau__-ling__ away_-ay-ay_ Now_ they're Cal_-gary__ roughnecks from Her_-mitage Bay__ Where the whales_ make free in_ the harbour__ Well it's a living_ they've found_ deep_ in__ the ground_ And if there's doubts_ it's best_ they ig_-nore them__ Nor think_ on the bones_ the crosses_ and stones_ Of their fathers__ that came_ there_ before -ore them__ In the taverns_ of_ Ed_-monton_ fisher_-men shout_ Hau__-ling_ away__ hau__-ling_ away_-ay-ay_ They left_ three_ hundred years__ buried up_ by the Bay_ Where the whales_ make free in_ the harbour__ Free___ in_ the har_-bour___ The blackfish__ are sporting__ again__ Free___ in_ the har_-bour___ Untroubled_ by comings_ and goings_ of men__ Who once did__ pursue__ them_ as oil__ from the sea__ Hau__-ling_ away__ hau__-ling__ away_-ay-ay_ Now_ they're Cal_gary__ roughnecks from Her_-mitage Bay__ Where the whales_ make free in_ the harbour__ Free___ in_ the har_-bour___ again___

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