Mrs Macdonalds Lament

Intro: Verse When the wind's away and the wave away That crazy old fool will go down on the bay Dodging the ledges and setting his gear And come back when the wind drives him in But he knows full well the fishing is done His credit's all gone and the winter is come But as sure as the tide will rise and run He'll go back on the bay again Verse When the snow is down on the Western Bay That fool will go running the Fiddler's Ground Hauling his gear in the trough of the sea As if he'd no mind of his own Yet he knows full well the fishing is done His credit's all gone and the winter is come But as sure as the tide will rise and run He'll go back on the bay again Verse Well, his father's gone, and his brothers are gone And still he goes down on the dark of the moon Rowing the dory and setting the twine And it won't even pay for his time Instrumental: Verse When the wind's away and the wave away Our children go down on the morning sun They go rowing their little boats out on the tide And they'll follow their foolish old man Verse Well, you blind old fool, your children are gone And you never would tell 'gm the fishing was done Their days were numbered the day they were born The same as their foolish old man