Intro: verse 1: As I walked down the dockside one evening so fair To view the still waters and to take the salt air I heard an old fisherman singing a song He said, "Take me away lads, me time is not long" Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green verse 2: Now, Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell Where fishermen go if they don't go to hell Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play And the cold coasts of Greenland are far, far away Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green verse 3: Oh, the weather is fair and there's never a gale And the fish jump aboard with one swish of their tail You can lie in your hammock, there's no work to do And the skipper's below making tea for the crew Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green verse 4: Oh, I don't need a harp nor a halo, not me Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea And I'll play this old squeezebox as we sail along With the wind in the rigging to sing me a song Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper No more on the docks I'll be seen Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green
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