Joan Baez - Three Fishers Lyrics
Three fishers went sailing out into the west,
Out into the west as the sun went down,
Each thought on the woman that loves him the best,
And the children stood watching them out of the town.
For there's little to earn and many to keep,
And the harbor bar be moaning.
Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,
They trimmed the lamps as the sun went down,
And they looked at the squall and they looked at the shower,
And the night-wrack came rolling in ragged and brown.
For men must work and women must weep,
'Though storms be sudden and the waters be deep
Three corpses lay out on the shining sand,
In the morning gleam as the tide went down,
And the women were weeping and wringing their hands,
For those who would never come back to the town.
For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep
And good-bye to that bar and its moaning.
For men must work and women must weep,
And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep
And good-bye to that bar and its moaning.
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Joan Baez Three Fishers Comments
Beautiful song and a captivating tune! I've searched for it here because I heard a few lines from it in the movie Invisible Woman but a rendition there is way too jolly.
Somebody please explain the "harbor bar be moaning" line, I'm not a native speaker!
This was from a poem by Kinglsey.
perfection in song
Johnson: Fair enough. Rather like wine. We all have a different taste. But the poem is wonderful and that is what makes the wine for me..!!
Thank you for the text from one who has listened and loved this song since it was recorded. My old vinyl always scratched on the word "shower". It sounded like "shark". Glad to know after all this time.
Juditb Hitt "men must work, women must weep" what is that mean?
I've heard Stan Rogers version...this one is the very best. Joan's interpretation, of what is actually a poem, stays true true to the feel and flow of verse.
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Stan's version is putting the poem into a song....bad move...it doesn't work as well.
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Light and shade........
Geoffthebull 0
Great song and interpretation !
doesn't do the song justice......give it up Joan....
This was a poem by Charles Kingsley