North Sea Holes

Oh, come all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy seas

The whole year round on the fishing grounds

On the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps

On the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes

Where the herring shoals are found

It's there you'll find the Norfolk boys and the lads from Peterhead

There's Buckie chiels and men from Shields

On the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps

On the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes

Where the herring shoals are found

From Fraserborough and Aberdeen, from Whitby, Yarmouth Town

The fleet's away at the break of day

To the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps

To the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes

Where the herring shoals are found

It's off with a boiler full of steam and your engine spic and span

To fish the grounds the North Sea round

And try your luck at the North Sea Holes

And try your luck at the North Shields Gut

With a catch of a hundred cran

No need to wait for the wind and tide, you're the master of the sea

Come calm or squall, just shoot and haul

And fill the hold with the fish to be sold

And steam away for the curing shed

And the buyers on the Yarmouth quay

Come all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy sea

The whole year round on the fishing grounds

On the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps

On the banks and knolls of the North Sea Holes

Where the herring shoals are found