Free in the Harbour

4 6 6 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7

Well it’s blackfish at play in Hermitage Bay

6 6 -4 4 -4 4 -4 5 6

From Pushthrough across to Bois Island

6 6 4 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7

They broach and they sprout and they lift their flukes out

-6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 -6 6

And they wave to a town that is dying

7 -7 -6 -7 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 -8 7

Now it’s many’s the boats that have plied on the foam

-8 7 -7 7 -6 -7 7 -8

Hauling away! Hauling away!

6 6 6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -6

But there’s many more fellas been leaving their homes

-7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4

Where the whales make free in the harbour.

6 6 6 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7

It’s at Portage and Main you’ll see them again

-7 -6 6 -4 4 -4 4 -4 5 6

On their way to the hills of Alberta.

6 6 4 4 4 4 -6 7 -8 7

With lop-side grins, they waggle their chins

-6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -6 -6 6

And they brag of the wage they’ll be earning.

7 -7 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 -8 7

Then it’s quick, pull the string boys, and get the loot out,

-8 7 -7 7 -6 -7 7 -8

Haul it away! Haul it away!

6 6 6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 8 -6

But just two years ago you could hear the same shout

-7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4

Where the whales make free in the harbour.

7…. -7 -6 -6 6 6 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 6

Free in the harbour; the blackfish are sporting again

7…. -6 6 -6 7 -6 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 -6 7 -8 -8

Free in the harbour; untroubled by comings and goings of men

6 6 8 8 8 -8 7 -8 8 8 8

Who once did persue them as oil from the sea,

8 -8 7 7 8 -8 7 -6

Hauling away! Hauling away!

6 6 6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 -6

Now they’re Calgary roughnecks from Hermitage Bay,

-7 -6 6 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4

Where the whales make free in the harbour.

4 5 6 -6 6 -6 -7 7 -8 7 -7 7 -8 7 6 5 -4