Gordon Bok – The Boats Of Peters River (Guitar)

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Not a boat in Peter's River or in all Saint Mary's Bay

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The fishermen in rubber boots are staying home today

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Hanging out the laundry or hang out in the store

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And the Little Boats of Newfoundland are idle on the shore

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The men of Peter's River are just barely getting by

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And the boats of Peter's River have their bottoms to the sky

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The wives of Peter's River are taking up the slack

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The fisheries have ended, and it's never coming back

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Sell a little knitting, set some broody hens

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No sooner does a hard day end, another one begins

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The wives of Peter's River are too strong to sit and cry

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And the boats of Peter's River have their bottoms to the sky

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The boys of Peter's River are bright as boys can be

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Their eyes are on the highway instead of on the sea

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Where their fathers went before them, is not where they must go

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And the fate of Peter's River is not for us to know

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The boys of Peter's River are too young to wonder why

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And the boats of Peter's River have their bottoms to the sky

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The storms of Peter's River have pounded us for years

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Crashing in the harbour and smashing up the piers

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We've ridden out these storms before by shooting at our boats

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But we know this storm is different and we cannot stay afloat

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There's no nets in Peter's River, laying out to dry

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And the boats of Peter's River have their bottoms to the sky

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There's no nets in Peter's River, laying out to dry

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And the boats of Peter's River have their bottoms to the sky