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Standard Tuning Waltz Tempo 1 2+3+ or 1+2+3+
SOL DO
Well, it's Blackfish at play in Hermitage Bay,
RE SOL
From push through across to Bois Island. (pronounced BWAS)
SOL
They broach and they spout, and
DO
They lift their flukes out, and
LA RE
They wave to a town that is dyin'.
SOL DO
Now it's many's the boats, that has plied on the foam,
DO DO - RE
Hauling a - way, Hauling a - way!
SOL DO
But there's many more fellows, been leaving their homes,
RE SOL
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
SOL DO
It's at Portage and Main you'll see them again,
RE SOL
On their way to the hills of Al - berta.
SOL DO
With lop-side grins, they waggle their chins, and
LA RE
They brag of the wage they'll be earnin'.
SOL
Then it's quick, pull the string boys, and
DO
Get the tool out,
DO DO - RE
Haul it a - way, Haul it a - way!
SOL DO
But just two years ago, you could hear the same shout,
RE SOL
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Chorus
SOL RE SOL RE
Free in the Harbour; the Blackfish are sporting a - gain,
SOL DO DO - RE
Free in the Harbour; un - troubled by comings and goings of men,
SOL DO
Who once did pursue them as oil from the sea,
DO DO - RE
Hauling a - way, Hauling a - way!
SOL DO
Now they're Calgary roughnecks from Hermitage Bay,
RE SOL
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Break:
SOL DO
Well, it's a living they've found, deep in the ground, and
RE SOL
If there's doubts, it's best they ig - nore them.
SOL DO
Nor think on the bones, the crosses and stones,
LA RE
Of their fathers that came there be - fore them.
SOL DO
In the taverns of Edmonton, fishermen shout,
DO DO - RE
Haul it a - way, Haul it a - way!
SOL DO
They left three hundred years buried up by the Bay,
RE SOL
Where the whales make free in the harbour.
Chorus
SOL DO SOL
Free in the harbour...a - gain.
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