{"id":1883,"date":"2014-03-23T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T22:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1883"},"modified":"2018-10-24T07:23:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:23:33","slug":"north-sea-holes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1883","title":{"rendered":"North Sea Holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sea ballad by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ewan_MacColl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ewan MacColl<\/a>, and a song often requested of Cliff in the days when ballads were just as in demand at the Gris as chanteys and ditties.\u00a0 The chords are the fingering pattern; Cliff likes to capo up 2 or 3 frets as his voice feels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Am<\/strong><br \/>\nCome all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy sea,<br \/>\n.\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Am<\/strong><br \/>\nThe whole year round on the fishing grounds<br \/>\n.\u00a0<strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Am<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps,<br \/>\n.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Em\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Em<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes<br \/>\n.\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Am<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere the herring shoals are found.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s there you&#8217;ll find the Norfolk boys and the lads from Peterhead,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s Buckie chiels and men from Shields,<br \/>\nOn the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps,<br \/>\nOn the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes<br \/>\nWhere the herring shoals are found.<\/p>\n<p>From Fraserborough and Aberdeen, from Whitby, Yarmouth Town,<br \/>\nThe fleet&#8217;s away at the break of day<br \/>\nTo the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps,<br \/>\nTo the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes<br \/>\nWhere the herring shoals are found.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s off with a boiler full of steam and your engine spic and span<br \/>\nTo fish the grounds the North Sea round<br \/>\nAnd fish and knolls and the North Sea Holes<br \/>\nAnd try your luck at the North Shields Gut<br \/>\nWith a catch of a hundred cran.<\/p>\n<p>No need to wait for the wind and tide, you&#8217;re the master of the sea,<br \/>\nCome calm or squall, just shoot and haul<br \/>\nAnd fill the hold with the fish to be sold<br \/>\nAnd steam ahead for the curing shed<br \/>\nAnd the buyers on the Yarmouth quay.<\/p>\n<p>Come all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy sea,<br \/>\nThe whole year round on the fishing grounds<br \/>\nOn the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps,<br \/>\nOn the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes<br \/>\nWhere the herring shoals are found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sea ballad by Ewan MacColl, and a song often requested of Cliff in the days when ballads were just as in demand at the Gris as chanteys and ditties.\u00a0 The chords are the fingering pattern; 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