[bad word] all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy sea,

                    Gmaj    
 The whole year round on the fishing grounds

 [bad word] 

                               
 On the Northern Minch and the Nor-way Deeps, 

                               
 On the banks and Knolls of the North Sea holes

                         
 Where the herring shoals are found

 It's there you'll find the Norfolk boys and the lads from Peter head,
 There's Buckie chiels* and men from Shields,
 On the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps,
 On the banks and Knolls of the North Sea holes
 Where the herring shoals are found

 From Fraserborough and Aberdeen, from Whitby, Yarmouth town,
 The fleets away at the break of day
 To the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps, 
 To the banks and Knolls of the North Sea holes
 Where the herring shoals are found

 It's off with a boiler full of steam and your engine [bad word] and span,
 To fish the grounds the North Sea round,
 And fish the Knolls and the North Sea holes
 And try your luck at the North Shields Gut
 With a catch of a hundred cran*

 No need to wait for wind and tide, you're the master of the sea,
 [bad word] calm or squall, just shoot and haul
 And fill the hold with the fish to be sold
 And steam ahead for the curing shed
 And the buyers on the Yarmouth quay

 [bad word] all you gallant fishermen that sail the stormy sea,
 The whole year round on the fishing grounds
 On the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps
 On the banks and Knolls and the North Sea holes
 Where the herring shoals are found