Wally Page
This is the day the fisherman likes and so do I
when the rain puts a shine on the chestnut spikes and Curlews cry,
the Nightingale sings her best,
we’ll drink a pint in Hamilton’s Rest
The girl I love wore a muslin dress
the fishermen dream of the sun in the west
and So Do
Now I can see.Since the girl that I love dearly,
has cast her loving spell on me.
This is the day the cuckoo likes and so do I
The hills fall down in different shapes and swallows fly
to a hidden beach where boats can’t go
mountain rivers overflow
I hear the squealing of the seagulls as home they go
And So Do I
Now I can see….etc
I’ll cross the Seven Oceans
forever more I’ll wander
‘Til she has cast her loving spell on me.
Wally sent me this 15 years ago. I demo’d it for the “King Puck” album in the early ’90’s and then dropped it. Late one night when rehearsing in Kilkenny for the 2001 album (This is the Day) it arrived back in my head like an old memory. There is a different verion again on the Live at the Point DVD ( April 2006). It’s slightly more up-tempo with Declan playing electric.
CHORDS
CAPO UP 2
VERSE
G……C…….G……C…….
G…C…G…D…C……G…….
CHORUS
D.Am.G..D.C.Am….D…….G…
I’ll cross etc
C.D.G…C.D.G…D…C…G……