Song Description

Fishermen auld & young

Lyrics

WEE JIMMY LOWRIE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY:
WILLIE MCCULLOCH
VERSE I WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND,
JOCK LOWRIE IS MY NAME?
BEEN FISHING IN MY FAMILY SINCE THE VIKINGS CAME?
THEY RAPED AND THEY PILLAGED,
BUT BEFORE THEY SAID GOODBYE?
THEY LEFT ALITTLE SOMETHIN THAT WILL NEVER DIE?

CHORUS AND WE?LL SAIL AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF THE FIRTH,
I?LL LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER TO THE LAND OF MY BIRTH,
AS THE SEAGULLS WAIL, AND THE NORTHWIND BLOWS,
I?LL BE BRINGIN IN THE FISH, WEE JIMMY LOWRIE?

VERSE FAR AWAY ON THE WILD NORTH SEA,
THIS THING IN MY BLOOD WILL NEVER SET ME FREE?
I DREAM OF HEATHER, AND THE BAIRNS BY YOUR SIDE?
AND RUNNIN FOR THE HARBOUR ON THE MORNIN TIDE?

CHORUS AND WE?LL SAIL AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF THE FIRTH,
I?LL LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER TO THE LAND OF MY BIRTH,
AS THE SEAGULLS WAIL, AND THE NORTHWIND BLOWS,
I?LL BE BRINGIN IN THE FISH, WEE JIMMY LOWRIE?

VERSE SOME DAY I WILL DIE IN THIS LITTLE TOUN OF CRAIL,
WHERE THE HOUSES ARE BATTERED BY THE NORTHERN GAILS?
AND BOATS AND THE NETS, AND THE FISH ARE NEARLY GONE?
BUT I?LL PASS ON THE LINEAGE TO MY OLDEST SON?

CHORUS AND HE?LL SAIL AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF THE FIRTH,
AND LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER TO THE LAND OF HIS BIRTH,
AS THE SEAGULLS WAIL, AND THE NORTHWIND BLOWS,
HE?LL BE BRINGIN IN THE FISH, WEE JIMMY LOWRIE?

REPEAT AND WE?LL SAIL AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF THE FIRTH,
CHORUS I?LL LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER TO THE LAND OF MY BIRTH,
AS THE SEAGULLS WAIL, AND THE NORTHWIND BLOWS,
I?LL BE BRINGIN IN THE FISH, WEE JIMMY LOWRIE?

I?LL BE BRINGIN IN THE FISH, WEE JIMMY LOWRIE?

Ó Willie McCulloch, 2001

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