Fairport Convention – Honour And Praise (Guitar)

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On a fine summer's morning as we lay at the quay

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The holds were filled high with the treasures of the sea

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So that they could be transported by men such as we

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To homeland and for Queen

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When the loading was done, we hoisted full sail

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Prayed for good winds to guide us and deliverance from gales

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And the thoughts of the crew turned to home and strong ale

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As we cast off the ropes and set sail

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Fight for honour and for praise

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Sailed the sea throughout the days

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In cold ground I'll never lay

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I'd rather die on the ocean

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Thirty days out to sea and the weather was fine

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The wind that we'd prayed for and making good time

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The honour of first home was soon to be mine

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To homeland and to Queen

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But the night became stormy and the wind changed our course

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A gale was a-blowing and the wind gathered force

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And I wondered if ever we'd reach our home port

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Or if we'd all be lost in the storm

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Fight for honour and for praise

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Sailed the sea throughout the days

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In cold ground I'll never lay

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I'd rather die on the ocean

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Well, the waves washed the deck, in the wind we were locked

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I fought with the wheel to stay clear of the rocks

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But the fighting is in vain, in the storm we were lost

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And our prayers blew away on the wind

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Well, I coughed and I choked and I tasted the sea

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I looked over the sands, there was no one but me

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And I knew that the might of the sea had finished me

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And I wished that I'd drowned in the storm

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Fight for honour and for praise

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Sailed the sea throughout the days

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In cold ground I'll never lay

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I'd rather die on the ocean

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And I've lived with the thought for the rest of m' days

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That I'd given the lives of the crew just to pay

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In search of the garlands of honour and praise

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And I wish that I'd drowned in the storm

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Fight for honour and for praise

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Sailed the sea throughout the days

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In cold ground I'll never lay

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I'd rather die on the ocean

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Fight for honour and for praise

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Sailed the sea throughout the days

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In cold ground I'll never lay

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I'd rather die on the ocean