Last of the Hunters

Here's the health to the fishermen who plough the lonely sea The battle with the ocean where it's in their blood to be Deer the foodful bounty of the blind and savage fall They are the last of the hunters, and they're proudly sailing home Away to the fishing ground against a flooding tide The hunters of wild, now the last in our time Through living gale and storm, they sail the crystal sea they row They're the heart of every harbour when the boats come sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home From the mighty fleets of Yarmouth to the deep ships of Hull The famous fleet with trawlers all have suffered from the cull In lossing mouth Loch earn at Fisher row, hit and weep Golden days and memory now are fading dream Quite now the harbours where the distant decorings Eriskay and scalpay where the hering men were Kings Laiden deep for stornaway, the skipper chair of throne Legends of the sea and still the ghost are sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home Our elma strong increpit, and men are heroes of renoun A shadow of the past traded off and torn down The pawns of politicians games lies ravage to the bowl But still they go to see, and still the boats come sailing home And in New lin, Primith, Wavermith pool The washing grims me down Nar sheils and nymith, Peterhead The broth, they'll hold their ground Orkney, Shetland and the hebrides will hold the lankin time For ceel the Isle of man and cille benks they will not die So we'll toast the Malaig trawlers and the creel men of the west Polatic ships of wallsy and the seeners of caithness Bring some beamers, Cornish cathers and in many piers in pole We'll give them a welcome at the harbour when the boats come sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home Sailing home, sailing home The last of the hunters sailing home