Fiddler's Green Songtext
von Liam Clancy

As I walked down the dockside one evening so fair
To view the still water and to take the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singing a song
He said, "Take me away, lads, me time is not long"

Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I′ll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates
And I′ll see you one day in Fiddler's Green

Now Fiddler's Green is a place I′ve heard tell
Where fishermen go if they don′t go to hell
Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play
And the cold coasts of Greenland are far, far away


Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates, I′m taking a trip, mates
And I'll see you one day in Fiddler′s Green

Oh, the weather is fair and there's never a gale
And the fish jump aboard with one swish of their tail
You can lie in your hammock, there′s no work to do
And the skipper's below making tea for the crew

Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates, I′m taking a trip, mates
And I′ll see you one day in Fiddler's Green

Oh, I don′t need a harp, nor a halo, not me
Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea
And I'll play this old squeeze box as we sail along
With the wind in the rigging to sing me a song


Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I′ll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip, mates
And I′ll see you one day in Fiddler's Green