Cape St. Mary's Stan Rogers
Cape St. Mary's 3/4 Stan Rogers Otto P. Kelland
For the Family, Folk Traditions, Recorded in 1982 (R002)
Standard Tuning
Take me [/]/ [D]ba - [/]/ ck to my [/]/ [G]western boat, [/]/
Let me [/]/ [G]fish off [/]/ [A]Cape St. [/]/ [D]Mary's.[/]/
Where the [/]/ [G]hog-down [/]/ [D]sail, and
The [/]/ [D]fog horns [/]/ [G]wail, [/]/
With my [/]/ [D]friends, the [/]/ [G]Browns, and the [/]/ [A]Clear -
[/]/ [G]ys, [/]/
Let me [/]/ [G]fish off [/]/ Cape St. [/]/ M[D]ary's. [/]/ [/]/
Let me [/]/ [D]fe - [/]/ el my [/]/ [G]dory li[/]ft, /
To the [/]/ [G]broad At - [/]/ lantic [/]/ [D]combers.
Where the [/]/ [D]tide rip [/]/ [G]swirls, and the [/]/ wild ducks [/]/
[G]whirl, and
Old [/]/ [D]Neptune [/]/ [G]calls the [/]/ [A]num - [/]/ [G]bers, [/]/ [/]/
'Neath the [/]/ [G]wild At - [/]/ lantic [/]/ [D]combers. [/]/ [/]/
Let me [/]/ [D]sa - [/]/ il up [/]/ [G]Golden Bay, [/]/
With my [/]/ [G]oilskins [/]/ [A]all a - [/]/ [D]streamin'.[/]/
From the [/]/ [G]thunder [/]/ [D]squalls, when I [/]/ hauled my [/]/ [G]trawls, and
My [/]/ [D]old Cape [/]/ [G]Ann a - [/]/ [A]glea - [/]/ [G]min' [/]/ [/]/
With my [/]/ [G]oilskins [/]/ all a - [/]/ [D]streamin', [/]/ [/]/ and
Let me [/]/ [D]vi - [/]/ ew that [/]/ [G]rugged shore, [/]/
With the [/]/ [G]beaches [/]/ [A]all a - [/]/ [D]glisten, [/]/
With the [/]/ [G]caplin [/]/ [D]spawn, where from [/]/ dusk till [/]/ [G]dawn,
You [/]/ [D]bait your [/]/ [G]trawl, and you [/]/ [A]list - [/]/ [G]en, [/]/ [/]/
To the [/]/ [G]under - [/]/ tow a - [/]/ [D]hissin', [/]/ [/]/ and
When I [/]/ [D]re - [/]/ ach that [/]/ [G]last big shoal, [/]/
Where the [/]/ [G]groundswells [/]/ [A]break a - [/]/ [D]sunder, [/]/
Where the [/]/ [G]wild sands [/]/ [D]roll, to the [/]/ surge's [/]/ [G]toll,
Let me [/]/ [D]be a [/]/ [G]man and [/]/ [A]take [/]/ [G]it, [/]/ [/]/
When my [/]/ [G]dory [/]/ fails to [/]/ [D]make it. [/]/ [/]/
Oh [/]/ [D]take me ba - [/]/ ck to that [/]/ [G]snug green cove, [/]/
Where the [/]/ [G]seas roll [/]/ [A]up their [/]/ [D]thunder, [/]/
There [/]/ [G]let me [/]/ [D]rest, in the [/]/ Earth's cool [/]/ [G]breast,
Where the [/]/ [D]stars shine [/]/ [G]out their [/]/ [A]won - [/]/ [G]der, [/]/ [/]/ and
The [/]/ [G]seas roll [/]/ up their [/]/ [D]thun - [/]/ der. [/]/ [/]/
Outro: Two verses melody (instrumental) then fade
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