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WEE DARK ENGINE ROOM
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(G) C G7 C G / G C F G7 C / C G7 C F C G C G / C F C F C
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In that wee dark engine room,
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Where the chill seeps through your soul,
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How we huddled round that wee pot stove
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That burned oily rags and coal.
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C F C G7 G /
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How the winter blizzards blow, and the whaling fleet's at rest,
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Tucked in Leigh harbor's sheltered bay, safely anchored ten abreast.
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The whalers at their stations, as from she'd to she'd they go,
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Carry little bags of coal with them, and a little iron stove.
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CHORUS
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The fireman Paddy worked with me on the engine stiff and cold.
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A stranger to the truth was he - there's not a lie he hasn't told.
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And he boasted of his gold mine, and of all the hearts he'd won,
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And his bonny sense of humor shone just like a ray of sun.
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CHORUS
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Then one day we saw the sun and factory ships' return.
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Meet your old friends, sing a song; hope the season won't be long,
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Then homeward bound when it's over; we'll leave this icy hold,
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But I always will remember that little iron stove.
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CHORUS
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Words and music by Eric Bogle
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Recorded by Ed Trickett on "The Ways of Man," FSI-68 copyright 1978.
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"Many songs are sung about whaling and whalers. Almost all describe
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A voyage, or the catch of the whale, or some of the men and their
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Needs. This song, written by Eric Bogle, describes the bone-
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Chilling existance of the men who stayed with the ships when they
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Were laid up for the winter, doing routine maintenance and engine
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Overhaul in the clammy, unheated holds of the engine rooms." -ET
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Filename[ ENGINRM
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DC
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