The Duhks - Three Fishers lyrics

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Three fishers went sailing out into the west

Out into the west as the sun went down

Each thought on the woman that loved him the best, and

The children stood watching them out on the town

For men must work and women must weep

For there's little to earn and many to keep, and

The harbour bar be moanin'

The harbour bar be moanin'

Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower

They trimmed the lamps as the sun went down, and

They looked at the squall and they looked at the shower, and

The night-wrack came rollin' in, ragged and brown

For men must work and women must weep

For the storms be sudden and the waters be deep, and

The harbour bar be moanin' and

The harbour bar be moanin'

Men must work and women must weep

For the storms be sudden and the waters be deep, and

The harbour bar be moanin' and

The harbour bar be moanin'

Three corpses lay out on the shining sand

In the morning gleam as the tide went down, and

The women were weepin' and wringin' their hands

For those who would never come back to the town

Men must work and the women must weep, for

The sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep, and

Goodbye to the bar and its moanin', and

Goodbye to the bar and its moanin'

The men must work and the women must weep, for

The sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep, and

Goodbye to the bar and its moanin', and

Goodbye to the bar and its moanin'