Fires Of Calais

	  		CAPO: 5th Fret 


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The fishing boats rolled out across the dark green channel water 
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As they gather speed for Flanders, they cut their nets away 
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It's not herring they'll be pulling from the waters on this morning 
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But they'll reap a bitter harvest from the fires of Calais 


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Twenty leagues from France I saw the amber soaked horizon 
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In our lee the cliffs of Dover fall beneath the channel waves 
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Where waters used to sing a song to soothe the hearts of fishers 
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Now we hear the rolling thunder from the fires of Calais 


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As we pull in tight to shore, this armada bent on rescue 
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I could curse the men behind the desks who sell our lives this way 
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I never signed aboard to save them from this bloody lack of planning 
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That strands these fine young men beneath the fires of Calais 


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On the beach allied confusion, will they stand or are they running 
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If it's run, where will they go to between the sea and the mêlée 
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On the flanks the troops advancing and with heavy guns they're firing 
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And not a mother's son could save them from the fires of Calais 


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In scattered groups upon the shore, some look towards a safer harbour 
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Some fix their eyes upon the flames that turn night to day 
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Some yet standing bold and ready to stoutly guard the rear from Jerry 
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They'll need no flares to see him 'neath the fires of Calais 


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I've fished these channel waters since I was man enough to face them 
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For the herring and the flounder I have often hauled away 
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But a catch like this I've never had in forty years of sailing 
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Saving Tommies as they flounder 'neath the fires of Calais 


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    C                    Em             F                  G 
The fishing boats rolled out across the dark green channel water 
        C                Em             F               G 
As they gather speed for Flanders, they cut their nets away 
         C                  Em               F              G 
It's not herring they'll be pulling from the waters on this morning 
        C             Em               F          C 
They'll reap a bitter harvest from the fires of Calais 


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