Not Many Fish in the Harbour Today         Bernard Bolan
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CHORUS:
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(But) The sun is still shining and the sky is still blue
        D                           A
You can still taste the salt in the spray
   E                           A          D
Me lines are all baited and me net's over too
            A                    E       A     Am
But there's not many fish in the harbour today

     Am                      C
From Mortlake to Mossman for thirty-five years
     Am         Em          F
In a twenty-six-footer I've sailed
   Dm                     F
It paid for me grub and a couple of beers
        C                         E
But not now since the fishing has failed

There used to blackfish, there used to be bream
There used to be blueys to tame
But now there's old beer-cans and polythene bags
And things too repulsive to name

CHORUS

Once the catches you'd get nearly made your boat sink
And with three of you filling the barge
But now all you get is a terrible stink
And typhoid at no extra charge

What you need is a craft that can sail the high seas
Where the herring and kingfishes play
All you bring up in the harbour is dead dogs and cats
Not to mention poor Mrs McRea

CHORUS

So go for a sail with your Sally and Sue
And take Wodger and Wufus as well
Remember to chuck your muck over the side
And complain of the hideous smell

Well a fisherman's known for not getting upset
When he sails through the wind and the rain
But a man can but think when he's sailing through this
What a pity you can't pull the chain!