X:1
T:Three-score-and-ten
O:Yorkshire, UK
N:This transcription is part of the Yorkshire Garland Project - Song: TYG5
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:C
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w: Me- thinks I see a host of craft spread ing their sails a- lee, As
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w: down the Hum- ber they do_ glide all_ bound for the north- ern sea. Me-
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w: thinks I see on each small craft a crew with hearts so brave, Set- ting
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w: out to earn their dail- y bread up- on the rest- less wave. And it's
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w: three- score- and- ten boys and men were lost from Grim- sby Town, From
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w: Yar- mouth down to Scar- bor-_ ough man- y hun- dreds more were drowned, Our
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w: her- ring craft our traw- lers, our fish- ing smacks as well, They
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w: long to fight that bit- ter night and bat- tle with the swell.