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1 | 1 | Let all the | Let all the fish that swim the sea, |
2 | 2 | Salmon and turbot, cod and ling, | |
3 | 3 | Bow down the head and bend the knee | Bow down the head and bend the knee |
4 | 4 | To herring, their king! to herring, their king! | |
5 | 5 | ||
6 | 6 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | |
7 | 7 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | |
8 | For ‘tis we have tempted summer in | ||
9 | At the tail of fine fresh herring. | ||
10 | 8 | ||
11 | 9 | Th | The sun sank down so round and red |
12 | 10 | Upon the bay, upon the bay; | |
13 | 11 | The sails shook idly overhead, | |
14 | 12 | Becalmed we lay, becalmed we lay; | |
15 | 13 | ||
14 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | ||
15 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | ||
16 | |||
17 | Till Shawn the eagle dropped on deck, | ||
18 | The bright-eyed boy, the bright-eyed boy; | ||
19 | 'Tis he has spied your silver track, | ||
20 | Herring, our joy, herring, our joy; | ||
21 | |||
22 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | ||
23 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | ||
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16 | 25 | It was in with the sails and away to shore, | It was in with the sails and away to shore, |
17 | 26 | With the rise and swing, the rise and swing | |
18 | 27 | Of two stout lads at each smoking oar, | Of two stout lads at each smoking oar, |
19 | 28 | After | After herring, our king, herring, our king; |
20 | 29 | ||
21 | 30 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | |
22 | 31 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | |
23 | And then behind him from strand to strand | ||
24 | We spread our nets so strong. | ||
25 | 32 | ||
26 | 33 | The Manx and the Cornish raised the shout, | |
27 | 34 | And joined the chase, and joined the chase, | |
28 | 35 | But their fleets they fouled as they went about, | |
29 | 36 | And we won the race, we won the race; | |
37 | |||
38 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | ||
39 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | ||
40 | |||
41 | For we turned and faced you full to land, | ||
42 | Down the góleen long, the góleen long, | ||
43 | And after you slipped from strand to strand | ||
44 | Our nets so strong, our nets so strong; | ||
45 | |||
46 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | ||
47 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | ||
48 | |||
49 | Then we called to our sweathearts and our wives, | ||
50 | "Come welcome us home, welcome us home," | ||
51 | Till they ran to meet us for their lives | ||
52 | Into the foam, into the foam; | ||
53 | |||
54 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | ||
55 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> | ||
56 | |||
57 | O the kissing of hands and waving of caps | ||
58 | From girl and boy, from girl and boy, | ||
59 | While you leapt by scores in the lasses' laps, | ||
60 | Herring, our joy, herring, our joy; | ||
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62 | <I>Sing, Hugamar féin an sowra lin', | ||
63 | 'Tis we have brought the summer in.</I> |
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