Bluenose by Jesse Ferguson

Stan Rogers's song, "Bluenose," performed by Jesse Ferguson, the Bard of Cornwall, at Wentwork Perk, Sydney, Nova Scotia. This song is about the famous tall ship that appears on the Canadian dime. Chords and lyrics.

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Bluenose
(Stan Rogers [1978], arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013)

80 bpm

Intro: Am F G Am F G

V1.
Am Am/G
Once again with the tide she slips her lines
F G
turns her head and comes awake,
Am Am/G
where she lay so still there at Privateer's Wharf
F G
now she quickly gathers way.
C E7
She’ll range far south from the harbour mouth
Am D
and rejoice with every wave,
Am
but who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?

V2.
See her bow rise free of Mother Sea
in a sunburst cloud of spray,
that stings the cheek while the rigging will speak
of sea-miles gone away.
She’s always best under full press,
hard over as she'll lay;
Am Am/G F G
but who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?
Am G Am
Who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?

V3.
D G
That proud, fast Queen of the Grand Banks Fleet
C E7
portrayed on every dime
Am D Am
knew hard work in her time, hard work in every line.
D G
The rich man's toys of the Gloucester boys
C E7
with their token bit of cod—
Am D G
they snapped their spars and strained to pass her by,
E7 Am
but she left them all behind!

V4.
Now her namesake daughter remains to show what she has been,
what every schoolboy remembers but will not come again.
To think, she's the last of the Grand Banks Schooners
that fed so many men,
but who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?
Who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?

Interlude: [as per V1 chords]

V5.
So does she not take wing like a living thing,
child of the moving tide?
See her pass with grace on the water's face
with clean and quiet pride.
Our own tall ship of great renown still lifts unto the sky.
Am Am/G F G
but who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?
Am Am/G F G
Who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun?
Am Am/G F
Who’ll know the Bluenose in the sun,
D
know the Bluenose in the sun,
E7 Am
know the Bluenose in the sun?

Song

Bluenose

Performed by

Jesse Ferguson

Originally by

Stan Rogers

Video title

Bluenose (Stan Rogers)

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