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(ii)  MAKE AND BREAK  HARBOUR

Time signature:  3/4

Stan Rogers (1978)
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Button Accordion  Notation
​Beats per bar = 3
Beat symbol  =  Dot ( . ) or equivalent

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__.



​Guitar Strumming - Chord Notation
Key of G:   To play in G, but sound in A  -  place capo at fret 2
Key of C:    To play in C, but sound in D, Eb, E, F or F#  -  place capo at fret 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
​
Verse 1 (of 3)

          G                 Em           C                     D

          C                 Am            F                     G
How still lies the bay in the light western airs

             Am                   C                D
             Dm                   F                G

Which blow from the crimson ho-riz-on

            G                    G7                 C               D
            C                    C7                  F               G 

Once more we tack home with a dry empty hold

             Am                  C               D
             Dm                  F               G

Saving gas with the breezes so fair

               G                 Em          C                   D
               C                 Am          F                   G

She's a kindly Cape Isander, old, but still sound

            Am             C                  D
            Dm             F                  G

But so lost in the longliner's shadow

                   G                         G7               C                D
                   C                         C7                F                G 

Make and break, and make do, but the fish are so few

                 Am                C                           G
                 Dm                F                            C

That she won't be replaced should she founder



Chorus:  Sung after verse 2, and twice at end.

      C                         D                   G
      F                         G                    C

In Make and Break Harbour the boats are so few

        Em           D                     C         D
        Am           G                     F         G

Too many are pulled up and rotten

           G                     Em             G                   C
           C                     Am             C                    F 

Most houses stand empty, old nets hung to dry

        D                   C           G
        G                   F            C

Are blown away, lost and forgotten.
​


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Embedded youTube VIDEOS
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Total of 17 videos in various keys:   D=6    Eb=1    E=3     F=1    F#=1   G=1    A=1    C=2

Key:  D

Singers:  Stan Rogers

Posted by:  bytor21122112

​

Key:   D

Singer:  Jesse Patrick Ferguson
             "The Bard of Cornwall," Ontario

Posted by:  Jesse Ferguson



Key:   D  

Group:  Shanneyganock
​
Posted by:  Shanneyganock - Topic

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.

Key:   D

Singer:  Larry Carpenter
              from Minneapolis, MN

​Posted by:  Larry Carpenter

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.



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.

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.

Key:  E

Group:  ?

Posted by pscharf1947

"At the Wrongheaded Cormorants 2009 House Concert."

​Beautifully done.

Key:   E

Singer:  John Allan Cameron

Posted by:  cheetah7777c

Key:   F

Singer:  Jeremy White

​Posted by:  Jeremy White


Key:   F#

Singer:  ?

Posted by:  Bentley Salty Paws

Key:   G

Singer:  Dan Friesen

Posted by:  Laurie McClare

Key:  A

Guitarist:  Ian Patton ?

Posted by:  Ian Patton

​INSTRUMENTAL

Key:   C
​
Singer:  Hal Pederson

Also:  Jeanne Sable & Nancy Despres

Posted by:  Hal Pederson

​Beautifully done.

Key:   C

Group:  Hebric

Posted by:  Hebric - Topic

 
Background Lyrics, Information & Links

​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.
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Background
​Links:
Click HERE for more (Wikipedia) information about MAKE AND BREAK HARBOUR.

Click HERE for biographical info on the late Stan Rogers, including the tragic circumstances of his death in 1983.  (Wikipedia)