The Candlelight Fisherman
Oh, me dad was a fisherman bold
And he lived till he grew old,
For he’d open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go;
He’d open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.
Oh, me dad he said to me, “ Joe,
You’ll be wise before you go,
If you open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.”
When the wind backs round to the west
It’ll blow a rough un at best,
So I open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.
When the wind comes from the east
’Tisn’t fit for man nor beast,
So I open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.
When the rough north wind do blow
Then we lie right snug below,
But I open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.
Oh me wife she said to me, “Joe,
We shall starve if you don’t go,”
So I open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.
Oh, me dad was a fisherman bold
And he lived till he grew old,
For he’d open the pane and pop out the flame
Just to see how the wind do go.