Candlelight Fisherman

Now my dad was a fisherman bold

And he lived till he grew old

'Cause he'd open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow

Oh my daddy said to me

"If you're ever gonna go to sea

Do you open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow?"

When the wind come out of the west

She gonna blow up rough at best

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow

When the cold north wind do blow

Well we lie snug below

'Cause I open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow

When the wind come out of the east

It isn't fit for man nor beast

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow

When the south wind soft do blow

Well there ain't enough wind to go

So I open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow

When me wife she says to me

"We'll starve if you don't go"

Well I open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow

So if you'd be a fisherman bold

And you'd live till you grow old

Do you open the pane and pop out the flame

To see how the wind do blow?