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The Final Trawl     Credits: Archie Fisher     Appears On: Dancing Feet     Language: Scots-English     Other Versions: "The Final Trawl" on Back Of The Moon's album Luminosity

Lyrics:

Now it's three lang years since we made her pay
Heave away, my laddie O
And the owners say that she's had her day
And sing haul away, my laddie O

So it's heave away for the final trawl
Heave away, my laddie O
It's an easy pull for the catch is small
And sing haul away, my laddie O

And we'll join the venture and the morning star
Heave away, my laddie O
Riding high and empty towards the bar
And sing haul away, my laddie O

And I'd rather beach her on the skerry rock
Heave away, my laddie O
Than to see her torched in the breakers dock
And sing haul away, my laddie O

And when I die, you can stow me down
Heave away, my laddie O
In a rusty hold where the breakers pound
And sing haul away, my laddie O

For I've fished a lifetime, boy and man
Heave away, my laddie O
And the final trawl scarcely nets a cran
And sing haul away, my laddie O

And sing haul away, my laddie O
And sing haul away, my laddie O