Chords for Bella Hardy "The Herring Girl"

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I'm going to _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _
sing a song called The Eye
All _ [F] _ _ [Dm] you [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ who look down on [Bb] me
With [C] that judgement [F] in [C] your _ eyes
[Bb] While the jury picks its [D] fate for [Bb] me
[C] I'd have you [F] save [C] your _ [Bb] sighs
As a child with no family
I [F] was begging on the street
[A] _ [D] When [Bb] great [Gm] fortune [F] came and made me
[Bb] [F] A herring [Bb] girl
_ I [D] don't come [Bb] from these _ islands
[F] From England I [C] have roamed
[Bb] And born in Great _ Yarmouth
That [C] is my native _ [F] home
[Bb] In autumn when the girls all [F]
chase the fish down from the [A] north
How [Bb] I [F] longed that I would one day [Bb] be
A herring girl _ _ _
A young girl down from [D] Aberdeen
[C] Took sick into her bed _
[Bb] I asked if there was _ work
And [C] down to Rona I was [F] led
Oh [Bb] she smiled at the [Gm] height of me _
[F] And said that I would do
[A] _ [Bb] And as a packer I [F] was joined to be
[Bb] A herring girl _
This season started up in Scotland
[C] I'd just [F] turned [C] sixteen _
[D] And Rona, she's the greatest [Bb]
gutter
[C] Stolen away has seen
[Bb] A dainty fish a [Gm] minute
_ [F] And with Mary not much [A] less
We [Gm] three were [F] famed as the best [Bb] crew
_ Of herring _ girls
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[C] _ _ _ Last _ _ _
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[D] _ Saturday was dancing day
[F] And the boys were in the town
[Bb] _ We were [Dm] packing up and clearing [Bb] up
[C] Then heading for our [Bb] room
When a stranger crept behind _ us
In [F] an alley round the [A] back
[D] Out [Bb] to catch [F] himself
A couple of [Bb] fresh herring _ girls
Oh so suddenly he's on us
[C] And he's [Gm] knocked me to the [F] ground
And [Dm] he's pinned our Rona by the [F] throat
So she couldn't make a sound
[Bb] But from her apron [Gm] pocket
A melon [F] knife so keen [A] and sharp
[Bb] I've taught that man the price of fishing
For a _ _ herring _ _ girl
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] All you who look down on [Bb] me
[C] With that judgement in your _ _ eyes
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While the jury [Bb] picks its [D] fate for [Bb] me
[C] I'd have you save [F] your sighs
[Bb] For I'd gladly do the same _ again
[F] To any man that [A] tries [D] to [Bb] test his luck
[Gm] [F] And take advantage [Bb]
of a _ herring _ [Dm] girl _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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