The Candlelight Fisherman

My dad was a fisherman bold

And he lived till he grew old

Till he opened the pane and popped out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow

He often said to me

"You'd be wise before you go

Do you open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow?"

When the north wind roughly blow

Then I lay right snug below

And I open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow

When the wind comes from the west

It will blow hard at the best

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow

Now a wind that's from the east

Is not good to man nor beast

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow

When the south wind softly blow

Not enough for you to go

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow

My wife she said to me

"We shall starve if you don't go"

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow

So all you fishermen bold

If you live till you grow old

Do you open the pane and pop out the flame

Just to see how the wind do blow?