Biography:
The Rankin Family is a Canadian folk music family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
The Rankins come from a family of 12, all of whom would entertain the neighbours musically every third weekend as part of a ceilidh.
Five of the siblings began performing professionally in 1989. The Rankins released their own independent cassettes The Rankin Family (1989) and Fare Thee Well Love (1990) featuring original songs and a combination of traditional jigs, reels and Celtic folk songs.
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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 15:52:26 -0400 GMT
From: RONALD A MACLELLAN
To: [email protected]
Subject: Song saved as ASCII Text
Fisherman's Son
Written by Jimmy Rankin
CD - The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love, Capital, EMI
Copyright Co' Bhan Music Company Limited - SOCAN
Submitted by: Ron A. MacLellan
e-mail: [email protected]
Capo 4th Fret
use a G with three fingers not with four
[Intro]
G D G
[Verse]
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's ways
G D G
I fished with my father in my young days
G F C Am
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman's trade
G D G G D G
Just to pass to my son so he'll do the same
[Verse]
G D G
The sea is my lifeline the shore is my home
G D G
I've been to your cities I didn't stay long
G F C Am
I stared at the bright lights the dark city ways
G D G
I'll tell you that's not for me, no I didn't stay
[Chorus]
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
[Verse]
G D G
Some days are rough so we roll with the waves
G D G
This living is tough, slack is the pay
G F C Am
But we leave with the sunrise, we wake at the dawn
G D G
Singing the fisherman's song
[Chorus]
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
[Verse]
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's blood
G D G
Just hauling the lobster, jigging the cod
G F C Am
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
G D G
And I'll go on singing my fisherman's song
[Chorus]
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
[Verse]
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's ways
G D G
I fished with my father in my young days
G F C Am
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman's trade
G D G
Just to pass to my son so he'll do the same
[Chorus] - (first 2 times a cappella)
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G
Singing La La La-La-La La,
G D
La-La-La La-La-La
G D
La-La-La La-La-La
G D G Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
La-La-La La-La-La La
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 15:52:26 -0400 GMT
From: RONALD A MACLELLAN
To: [email protected]
Subject: Song saved as ASCII Text
Fisherman's Son
Written by Jimmy Rankin
CD - The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love, Capital, EMI
Copyright Co' Bhan Music Company Limited - SOCAN
Submitted by: Ron A. MacLellan
e-mail: [email protected]
Capo 4th Fret
use a G with three fingers not with four
[Intro]
G D G
[Verse]
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's ways
G D G
I fished with my father in my young days
G F C Am
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman's trade
G D G G D G
Just to pass to my son so he'll do the same
[Verse]
G D G
The sea is my lifeline the shore is my home
G D G
I've been to your cities I didn't stay long
G F C Am
I stared at the bright lights the dark city ways
G D G
I'll tell you that's not for me, no I didn't stay
[Chorus]
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
[Verse]
G D G
Some days are rough so we roll with the waves
G D G
This living is tough, slack is the pay
G F C Am
But we leave with the sunrise, we wake at the dawn
G D G
Singing the fisherman's song
[Chorus]
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
[Verse]
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's blood
G D G
Just hauling the lobster, jigging the cod
G F C Am
And if you don't like me then leave me alone
G D G
And I'll go on singing my fisherman's song
[Chorus]
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
[Verse]
G D G
I'm a fisherman's son got fisherman's ways
G D G
I fished with my father in my young days
G F C Am
I learned the fine craft of the fisherman's trade
G D G
Just to pass to my son so he'll do the same
[Chorus] - (first 2 times a cappella)
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G G D G
Singing La La La-La-La La, La-La-La La-La-La La
G F C/G
Singing La La La-La-La La,
G D
La-La-La La-La-La
G D
La-La-La La-La-La
G D G Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
La-La-La La-La-La La
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