verse 1
C G Am
Take me back to my Western boat
C D G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
C G
Where the hogdowns sail
Am F
and the fog horns wail
C D G
With my friends the Browns and the Clearys
F G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
verse 2
C G Am
Let me feel my dory lift
C D G
To the broad Atlantic combers
C G
Where the tide rips swirl
Am F
and the wild ducks whirl
C D G
Where Old Neptune calls the number
F G
'Neath the broad Atlantic combers
verse 3
C G Am
Let me sail up Golden Bay
C D G
With my oilskins all a streamin'
C G
From the thunder squall
Am F
when I hauled me trawl
C D G
And my old Cape Ann a gleamin'
F G
With my oilskins all a streamin'
verse 4
C G Am
Let me view that rugged shore
C D G
Where the beach is all a-glisten
C G
With the caplin spawn
Am F
where from dusk to dawn
C D G
You bait your trawl and listen
F G
To the undertow a-hissin'
Verse 5
C G Am
When I reach that last big shoal
C D G
Where the ground swells break asunder
C G
Where the wild sands roll
Am F
to the surge's toll
C D G
Let me be a man and take it
F G
When my dory fails to make it
Verse 6
C G Am
Take me back to that snug green cove
C D G
Where the seas roll up their thunder
C G
There let me rest
Am F
in the earth's cool breast
C D G
Where the stars shine out their wonder
F G
And the seas roll up their thunder
Verse 7
C G Am
Take me back to my Western boat,
C D G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's
C G
Where the hogdowns sail
Am F
and the fog horns wail
C D G
With my friends the Browns and the Clearys
F G
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's