Old Polina Chords

"The Old Polina" (Tra/Arr.GBS)
  From "The Hard And the Easy"(2005)
 
  Use a capo on the 1st fret (sounding key Eb Major)
 
[verse]:
 
            D                        Em
 There's a noble fleet O' whalers,a-sailin' from Dundee,
  A                            G          A       D
 Manned by British sailors to take them o'er the Sea.
       D                        Em
 On A Western ocean passage we started on the trip,
      A              G                  D       A       D
 we flew along just like a song on our gallant whaling ship.
 
           D                         Em
 twas the second sunday morning,just after leavin' port,
     A                              G       A       D
 we met a heavy sou'west gale that washed away our boat.
     D                                Em
 it washed away our quarterdeck,our stanchions just as well,
    A                G               D      A       D
 an so we sent the whole shebang a-floatin' in the gale. 
 
 [Chorus]:
 
          D                          Em
 For the wind was on her quarter,the engine's working free,
          A                       G         A     D
 there's not another whaler that sails the Arctic Sea,
      D                       Em
 cant beat the Old Polina,ye need not try me sons,
      A                  G                     D    A      D
 we challenged all both great and small from Dundee to St Johns!
 
[verse]:
 
      D                          Em
 Art Jackman set his Canvas,Fairweather got up steam,
      A                                G           A          D
 an' Captain Guy, the daring b'y, came plunging through the stream. 
      D                              Em
 and Mullins in "The Husky" tried to beat the bloody lot,
         A                   G         D        A         D
 but to beat the Old Polina, boys,was something he could not.
 
 CHORUS
 
[verse]:
 
              D                   Em
 There's the noble "Terra Nova",a model without doubt,
      A                          G       A     D
 the "Arctic" and "Aurora" they talk so much about.
      D                            Em
 Art Jackman's model mailboat,the terror of the sea,
         A                    G     D       A      D
 tried to beat the Old Polina,on a passage from Dundee.
 
 CHORUS
 
[verse]:
 
  D                                    Em
 Now we're back in old St John's where rum is very cheap,
         A                                  G       A         D
 we'll drink a health to Captain Guy who brought us o'er the deep.
     D                               Em
 A health to all our sweethearts,and to our wives so fair,
       A                G                      D    A     D
 not another ship could make the trip, "the Polina" I declare!
 
 CHORUS X2,first A Capella
 
 the first verse is actually sung with just a bodhran,with
 the backing coming in for the second verse. the chords
 given are the ones starting there (And repeat for the entire
 song, including the chorus).
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