Fiddler’s Green

Lyrics

[Verse 1] As I roved by the dockside one evening so rare To view the still waters and take the salt air I heard an old fisherman singing this song He sat take me away lads my Time is not long [Chorus] Rub me up in me oilskin and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates I'm taking a trip, mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green [Verse 2] Now Fiddler's Green is a Place I've heard tell Where fishermen go if they don't go to Hell Wherе the weather is fair And thе dolphins do play And the Cold coast of Greenland Are far, far away [Chorus] Rub me up in me oilskin and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates I'm taking a trip, mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green [Verse 3] O the weather is fair And there's never a gale And the fish jump on board With a squisch of their tail [Verse 4] You can lie at your hammer There's no work to do And the skipper's below Making Tea for the crew [Chorus] Rub me up in me oilskin and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates I'm taking a trip, mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green [Verse 5] I don't want a harp Or a halo, not me Just give me a breeze And a good Rolling sea [Verse 6] And I'll play m eold squeeze box As we sail along When the wind's in the rigging To sing me this song [Chorus] Rub me up in me oilskin and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates I'm taking a trip, mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green