Isle Au Haut (Gordon Bok)

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Away unto the westward

There’s a place a man should go

Where the fishing’s always easy

And they’ve got no ice or snow

Chorus

But I’ll haul down the sails

Where the bays come together

Bide away the days

On the hills of Isle au Haut

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The Plymouth girls are fine

They put their hearts in your hand

And the Plymouth boys are able

First-class sailors every man

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And the trouble with old Martir

You can’t try her in a trawler

For those Bay of Biscay swells

They’d roll the head from off your shoulder

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The winters drive you crazy

And the fishing’s hard and slow

You’re a damn fool if you stay

But there’s no better place to go

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Away unto the westward

There’s a place a man should go

Where the fishing’s always easy

And they’ve got no ice or snow