Your father was a handsome man Your father was a trawlerman Your father was a trawlerman Taken by an angry sea All hands lost into the deep All hands lost into the deep Child when I look at you and see a smile Child when I knew you were my side Goodbye my son My husband was a handsome man My husband was a trawlerman My husband was a trawlerman My children slept on nothing stand
Far off shore the tempest roared Far off shore the tempest roared Hal away, hal away, hal away Hal away, hal away, hal away Hal away, hal away, hal away Child when I look at you and see a smile Child when I knew you were my side Goodbye my son Hal away, hal away, hal away Hal away, hal away, hal away Hal away, hal away, hal away