Astoria Bar

Intro Verse Well, it's not very far to Astoria's Bar But a very long journey it can be You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river And end at the bottom of the sea And the River still shines and shimmers in the light As it did in our grandfathers' day When they rowed all night and fished in the morning And lived in Willapa Bay Instrumental Verse When the tide is rough, so very, very rough So rough that you cannot stand It'll drive the fish right into the nets And the boats right into the sand And the River still shines and shimmers in the light As it did in our grandfathers' day When they rowed all night and fished in the morning And lived in Willapa Bay Instrumental Verse In the mist and the rain, the labour and the pain We know what the fishing here is worth It is worth all the gold, when they suck 'f#m from the hold And worth all the treasures of the earth And the River still shines and shimmers in the light As it did in our grandfathers' day When they rowed all night and fished in the morning And lived in Willapa Bay Verse Now it's not very far to Astoria's Bar But a very long journey it can be You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river And end at the bottom of the sea And the River still shines and shimmers in the light As it did in our grandfathers' day When they rowed all night and fished in the morning And lived in Willapa Bay When they rowed all night and fished in the morning And lived in Willapa Bay