MAKE AND BREAK HARBOUR
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Time signature: 3/4
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Stan Rogers (1978)
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BA1 - Unit 5 - Featured Melody (i)
Button Accordion Notation
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Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent
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Accordion: Either row = Buttons 4 to 9* |
Verse 1 (of 3)
.5 .5 .6 "6 .;6 "7 "7* .6 "6* "6 .:7*
How still lies the bay in the light wes - tern airs
.7* :8* "7 "7* .6 :7* "6 '6* '5* ::5
Which blow from the crim - son hor - i - zon
.8 ;8 "7 .6 :7 "7* "7 .8* .5* "6 .;6*
Once more we tack home with a dry emp - ty hold
"5 "5 :5* "6 "6 "6 ;6* "6 "7* .::7*
Sav-ing gas with the breez - es so fair
"5 "5 .5 .6 "6 .;6 "7 "7* ;6 "6* .6 :7*
She's a kind-ly Cape Is - lan - der, old, but still sound
"8* "7 :8* "7 "7* .6 .7* .6 '6* '5* ;.:5
But so lost in the long-lin-er's shad - dow
"8 "8 ;8 "7 .6 :7 "7* "7 "8* ;7* "6 .;5*
Make and break, and make do, but the fish are so few
"5* "5* .5 .6* "7* .;5* "4 "4* "5 ;::6
That she won't be re-placed should she foun - der
Chorus: Sung after verse 2, and twice at end.
.8 .9* "9* ;8 .9 ;9* "8 .8 '7 '"7* "6 .;7
In Make and Break Har-bour the boats are so few
.7 "7 ;7 .9* .7 ;7* "6 "6 ;.:5*
Too man - y are pulled up and rot - ten
.5 .5 "6 ;6 "6 ;7* .7 .7 ;7* "6 :4*
Most hous-es stand emp - ty, old nets hung to dry
.4* "5 "6* :7* .5* "4 "4* "5 ;:::6
Are blown a - way, lost and for - got - ten
.5 .5 .6 "6 .;6 "7 "7* .6 "6* "6 .:7*
How still lies the bay in the light wes - tern airs
.7* :8* "7 "7* .6 :7* "6 '6* '5* ::5
Which blow from the crim - son hor - i - zon
.8 ;8 "7 .6 :7 "7* "7 .8* .5* "6 .;6*
Once more we tack home with a dry emp - ty hold
"5 "5 :5* "6 "6 "6 ;6* "6 "7* .::7*
Sav-ing gas with the breez - es so fair
"5 "5 .5 .6 "6 .;6 "7 "7* ;6 "6* .6 :7*
She's a kind-ly Cape Is - lan - der, old, but still sound
"8* "7 :8* "7 "7* .6 .7* .6 '6* '5* ;.:5
But so lost in the long-lin-er's shad - dow
"8 "8 ;8 "7 .6 :7 "7* "7 "8* ;7* "6 .;5*
Make and break, and make do, but the fish are so few
"5* "5* .5 .6* "7* .;5* "4 "4* "5 ;::6
That she won't be re-placed should she foun - der
Chorus: Sung after verse 2, and twice at end.
.8 .9* "9* ;8 .9 ;9* "8 .8 '7 '"7* "6 .;7
In Make and Break Har-bour the boats are so few
.7 "7 ;7 .9* .7 ;7* "6 "6 ;.:5*
Too man - y are pulled up and rot - ten
.5 .5 "6 ;6 "6 ;7* .7 .7 ;7* "6 :4*
Most hous-es stand emp - ty, old nets hung to dry
.4* "5 "6* :7* .5* "4 "4* "5 ;:::6
Are blown a - way, lost and for - got - ten
Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Total of 17 videos in various keys: D=6 Eb=1 E=3 F=1 F#=1 G=1 A=1 C=2
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Key: D
Singers: Stan Rogers Posted by: bytor21122112 |
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Key: D
Singer: Jesse Patrick Ferguson "The Bard of Cornwall," Ontario Posted by: Jesse Ferguson |
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Key: D
Group: Shanneyganock Posted by: Shanneyganock - Topic |
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Key: D
Guitarist: Scott Pettipas Posted by: Scott Pettipas GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL A truly beautiful rendition, with onscreen lyrics. Even Scott's cat, behind him for the whole performance, finds it relaxing. |
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Key: D
Singer: Larry Carpenter from Minneapolis, MN Posted by: Larry Carpenter |
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Key: D
Singer: Nathan Rogers Posted by: alimarin Nathan is a Canadian folk-song writer and singer. He was only four years of age when his Father, Stan, died in a fire returning home on an Air Canada flight in 1983. |
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Key: Eb
Group: The Shantymen Posted by: The Sheringham Shantymen Sheringham is a beautiful seaside town in the county of Norfolk on the East coast of England, North-East of London. |
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Key: E
Singer: Matthew Greene Posted by: Matthew Greene Matthew is playing in key of D, with capo on fret 2, to sound in E. |
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Key: E
Group: ? Posted by pscharf1947 "At the Wrongheaded Cormorants 2009 House Concert." Beautifully done. |
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Key: E
Singer: John Allan Cameron Posted by: cheetah7777c |
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Key: F
Singer: Jeremy White Posted by: Jeremy White |
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Key: F#
Singer: ? Posted by: Bentley Salty Paws |
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Key: G
Singer: Dan Friesen Posted by: Laurie McClare |
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Key: A
Guitarist: Ian Patton ? Posted by: Ian Patton INSTRUMENTAL |
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Key: C
Singer: Hal Pederson Also: Jeanne Sable & Nancy Despres Posted by: Hal Pederson Beautifully done. |
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Key: C
Group: Hebric Posted by: Hebric - Topic |
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Background Lyrics, Information & Links
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Lyrics:
Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 |
How still lies the bay in the light western airs Which blow from the crimson horizon Once more we tack home with a dry empty hold Saving gas with the breezes so fair She's a kindly Cape Isander, old, but still sound But so lost in the longliner's shadow Make and break, and make do, but the fish are so few That she won't be replaced should she founder It's so hard not to think of before the big war When the cod were so cheap and so plenty Foreign trawlers go by now with long-seeing eyes Taking all, where we seldom take any And so the young folk don't stay with the fisherman's way Long ago, they all moved to the cities And the ones left behind, old, tired, and blind Can't work for "a pound or a penny". Chorus: In Make and Break Harbour the boats are so few Too many are pulled up and rotten Most houses stand empty, old nets hung to dry Are blown away, lost and forgotten. I can see the big draggers have stirred up the bay Leaving lobster traps smashed on the bottom Can they think it don't pay to respect the old ways That Make and Break men have not forgotton? For we still keep our time to the turn of the tide And this boat that I built with my father Still lifts to the sky! The one lunger and I Still talk like old friends on the water. |