69 – Five o’clock in the morning
Refrein: It’s five o’clock — in the morning
Time to get ready, we’re sailing away.
It’s five o’clock — in the morning
Time to get ready to sail
We rise in the morning, sail out on the tide
Silently slip – from the quay.
With the gulls overhead and the seals alongside
Proudly we’ll head out to sea.
Refrein
We’ll fish in the Minches, fair weather or foul
Living our lives – on the sea.
It’s hard and it’s rough and the pay’s not enough
Yet what other live can there be.
Refrein
A trawlers man’s plight is to work day and night
Grabbing our sleep – in between.
Casting their nets out and hauling them in
Sometimes not a fish to be seen.
Refrein
We’ll be cold, tired and hungry and drenched to the skin,
When we head back — to Scareway town
With our catch on the land, then we’ll take a good dram
On the Clock and the Lillies or Crown.
Refrein (zonder muziek)
Refrein (met muziek)