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w:As I walked by the dockside one eve-ning so fair To
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w:view the salt waters and take in the salt air I heard 
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w:heard an old fish-er-man sing-ing a song Oh 
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w:take me a-way boys me time is not long Wrap 
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w:me up in me oil-skins and jum-per No
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w:more on the docks I'll be seen - Just
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w:tell me old ship-mates, I'm tak-ing a trip mates And
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w:I'll see you some-day on Fidd - lers Green
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W:As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair
W:To view the salt waters and take in the salt air
W:I heard an old fisherman singing a song
W:Oh, take me away boys me time is not long
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W:Wrap me up in me oilskin and jumper
W:No more on the docks I'll be seen
W:Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates
W:And I'll see you someday on Fiddlers Green
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W:Now Fiddler's Green is a place I've heard tell
W:Where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell
W:Where the sky is all clear and the dolphins do play
W:And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away
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W:Where the skies are all clear and there's never a gail
W:And the fish jump on board with one swish on their tail
W:Where you lie at your leisure, there's no work to do
W:And the skipper's below making tea for the crew
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W:When you get by on dock and the long trip is through
W:There's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there too
W:Oh where the girls are all pretty and the beer is all free
W:And there's bottles of rum growing on every tree
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W:Now I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me
W:Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea
W:I'll play me old squeeze-box as we sail along
W:With the wind in the riggin to sing me a song

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Wikipedia:Fiddler%27s_Green
Song by John Connolly
Country of origin: England
This song is an elegy for a dead child.
Fiddler's Green is a kind of "sailor's heaven," where sailors go when they die.
This sentimental song is so ubiquitous that many people believe it is a traditional song. But Fiddlers’ Green (note spelling!) was written in 1966 by John Conolly.

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