Lyrics

Heave in haul Away
Verse 1 Em3

We’re walking to the harbour,
The moon is getting down,
Not too many lights on,
In our little town.
When I look behind me,
See her in the light,
I wave a last farewell,
And walk off in the night

Chorus

Hero- haul away-heave in the nets,
Hero haul away heave in the nets,
Heave in haul away,
Heave in haul away,
Heave in--heave in .

Verse 2

Out there in the darkness,
A sound I know so well,
Mingling with my footsteps,
The sound of the swell.
Turning round a corner,
I see I’m all alone,
The shadows they are moving,
Leaving many homes.

Verse 3

The skipper he is waiting,
Welcomes us aboard,
Put our kit down in the bunks,
Then the engine roars.
All is checked and ready,
And we’re casting off,
Out there in the distance,
We can smell the fog.

Verse 4

All around the harbour,
trawlers leaving home,
I stare up at the hillside,
Window light still on.
And though she cannot see me,
Our lights they are aglow,
I blow a gentle kiss,
And hope that she will know.

Verse 5

We’re bound out for the ocean,
Cutting through the waves,
Our trawler will be battered,
Trying to earn a wage,
The nets they are a trawling,
Each time we hope and pray,
Hauling with our tired arms,
Where are the fish today.

Verse 6

The message on the radio,
Fills us all with fear,
We’re racing now for refuge,
The storms at our rear,
Waves turn into mountains,
Crashing on our decks,
Our will is being tested,
The trawlers getting wrecked.
Suddenly we’re rising,
On the biggest wave,
We know that we are broken,
The sea will be our grave.

NOTES

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

CHORUS
(I SING)-HEAVIN-(MALE AUDIENCE SING)HAUL AWAY-ALL-HEAVIN THE NETS.
SAME SECOND LINE LINE-ONLY FEMALES SING-HAUL AWAY
LINE 3 I SING - “HEAVIN” ALL AUDIENCE SING - “HAUL AWAY” REPEAT FOR LINE 4

THEREFORE

Heavin - haul away-heave in the nets,
Heavin - haul away heave in the nets,
Heave in - haul away,
Heave in - haul away,