Fisher Lass
Ye Banished Privateers Lyrics

Calm be the sea by morning's first light,
The sea was calm at the start of the day.

As birds wings in feathered flight
The birds were flying gracefully in the sky.

Boldly stride gale an' gentle breeze
The wind changed from strong to gentle, and the sailors braved through it.

To earn a crust from hostile seas - from hostile seas
The sailors were trying to make a living despite the dangers of the sea.

Birds castin' eye to the lass in the surge
The birds noticed the woman standing by the sea.

Weeping a solemn dirge.
The woman was crying deeply and loudly.

Her watery eyes doth tell no lies
The woman's tears showed how sad she really was.

Her sorrow's seen clear from the skies - clear from the skies
The woman's sadness was noticeable even from above.

Oh please my love come back to me,
The woman was begging for her lover to return.

Godspeed my love, my dear.
The woman wished her lover well on his journey.

I pray you will come back to me
The woman had hope that her lover would return.

Your lonely fisher lass.
The woman identified herself as a lonely fisherman's wife.

Her lovers fate at tempests swirl
The woman's husband was lost in a storm.

Thus grieve our fisher girl
The woman was in a state of mourning.

The gulls they vow the oceans wide to scour
The seagulls promised to search the vast ocean for the missing husband.

Bringing her news in darkest hour - in darkest hour
The seagulls would bring the woman news even in the darkest times.

By noon the stricken ship was found
The shipwreck was discovered by noon.

Halted and run aground.
The ship had crashed and was stranded.

On watered rocks that sharp as needles be honed
The ship was on dangerous rocky terrain.

Lay fisher boy by death now be owned - by death now be owned
The woman's husband had died in the shipwreck.

Her locket so proud around his neck
The woman's husband wore a locket that she gave him around his neck.

Now loosened by skillful peck
The locket was removed from the husband's body by a scavenger bird.

Carried to the shore by solemn bill
The locket was taken to the shore by the ocean's waves.

To fisher lass who stands there still - Who stands there still
The locket was brought to the woman who was still standing by the shore.

Come next morn, a single white cloth
The next day, a lone white cloth appeared on the shore.

Cradled in oceans froth.
The cloth was being held by the ocean's waves.

Lovers by the cold dark waves now caressed,
The husband and wife were together once again, but now in death.

All left behind a fisher lass' dress - a fisher lass' dress
The woman was left behind with only a dress to remember her husband.