Biography:
Ewan MacColl (born James Henry Miller in Salford, Lancashire, on 25 January 1915; died 22 October 1989) is recognised as the father of the British folk revival. The writer of classics such as "Dirty Old Town" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (which won him a Grammy in 1972), MacColl partnered Peggy Seeger and was father to musicians Kirsty MacColl, Neill MacColl and Calum MacColl, and grandfather to Bombay Bicycle Club's Jamie MacColl.
Innovative and inspiring, both collecting traditional songs, as well as writing new ones.
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I play it on mandolin but should be good for guitar
Dm
Dm C Dm
Come all you gallant fishermen
C Am
that plough the stormy sea
Dm G
The whole year round
Dm
on the fishing grounds
C Dm
On the Northern Minch
C Dm
and the Norway Deeps,
C Am
On the banks and knolls
Dm Am
of the North Sea Holes
C Dm
Where the herring shoals are found.
Dm
Dm C Dm
Come all you gallant fishermen
C Am
that plough the stormy sea
Dm G
The whole year round
Dm
on the fishing grounds
C Dm
On the Northern Minch
C Dm
and the Norway Deeps,
C Am
On the banks and knolls
Dm Am
of the North Sea Holes
C Dm
Where the herring shoals are found.
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