Three Score And Ten Lyrics - Singles - Tears For Beers

Methinks I see a host of craft 

Spreading their sails alee 

Down the Humber they do glide 

All bound for the Northern Sea 

Me thinks I see on each small craft 

A crew with hearts so brave 

Going out to earn their daily bread 

Upon the restless wave 

And it's three score and ten 

Boys and men were lost from Grimsby town 

From Yarmouth down to Scarboro 

Many hundreds more were drowned 

Our herring craft, our trawlers 

Our fishing smacks, as well 

They long did fight that bitter night 

The battle with the swell 

Methinks I see them yet again 

As they leave this land behind 

Casting their nets into the sea 

The herring shoals to find 

Me thinks I see them yet again 

They're all on board all right 

With their nets rolled up and their decks cleaned off 

And the side lights burning bright 

Me thinks I've heard the captain say 

"Me lads we'll shorten sail" 

With the sky to all appearances 

Looks like an approaching gale 

Me thinks I see them yet again 

Midnight hour is past 

The little craft abattling there 

Against the icy blast