As I went a walking one evening so rare
To view the salt waters and taste the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singing this song
Sayin', "Take me away boys, my time is not long"

Chorus:
"Wrap me up in me oil skins and jumpers
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates, I'm takin' a trip mates
And I'll see you someday on fiddler's green"

Now fiddler's green is a place I've heard tell
Where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell
Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play
And the cold coast of Greenland is far far away

Where the sky is out clear and there's never a gale
Where the fish jump on board with a swish of their tail
You lie at your leisure there's no work to do
And the skipper's below makin' tae for the crew

I don't want a harp nor a halo not me
Just give me a breeze and a good rollin' sea
I'll play me old squeeze box as we sail along
With the wind in the riggin' to sing me this song..

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