Great traditional Newfoundland song in 6/8 time.
Capo III
Chorus between each verse.
G D G
C
It's been some years ago
G
Since I left from my island
D
To go to the mainland,
G C G
Like the old folks would say;
C
As I walked up the gangway
G
And I stood on the starboard
D
And I gazed on the harbour
G C G
On a grey foggy day.
(Chorus)
C
Summer days they were warmer then
G
When we laughed with the old fishermen,
D
And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
G C G
Then they made up the hay;
C
It's been more than a long, long time
G
Since I held you and called you mine,
D
And we waited for the sun to shine
G C G
On a grey foggy day.
C
To wake in the early morn
G
To the sound of the old fog horn,
D
And wait for the men to return
G C G
With their boats in the bay;
C
All these things I don't see no more
G
When I lived on the old cape shore,
D
And I gazed on the boats on the moors
G C G
On a grey foggy day.
C
Summer days they were warmer then
G
When we laughed with the old fishermen,
D
And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
G C G
Then they made up the hay;
C
It's been more than a long, long time
G
Since I held you and called you mine,
D
And we waited for the sun to shine
G C G
On a grey foggy day.
C
And as long as my heart don't break,
G
From those old memories,
D
Old lovers and old used-to-be's,
G C G
I'll come home to stay;
C
I can still hear the ocean roar
G
Through the hills on the old cape shore,
D
There are no fishing boats anymore,
G C G
But it's a grey foggy day.
C
Summer days they were warmer then
G
When we laughed with the old fishermen,
D
And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
G C G
Then they made up the hay;
C
It's been more than a long, long time
G
Since I held you and called you mine,
D
And we waited for the sun to shine
G C G
On a grey foggy day.
D
And I pray that the sun will shine ....
G C G
On this grey foggy day.
