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Intro

  The fondest wish that ever I had since the day that I was weaned

  Is to go back and walk again on the rocks of Merasheen

  I still recall the sad farewell I bid her on that day

  When all upon a whaling ship I went to earn my pay

  On the hard rocks, the rocky rocks, The rocks of Merasheen

Intro

From out of Rose au Rue we sailed to hunt the big fish down,

We sailed upon the ocean till we sailed the world around.

With girls in every port of call I did go well astray

Forsaking her I left behind Back in Placentia Bay

By the hard rocks, the rocky rocks The rocks of Merasheen

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Now in my old and aching age I think of her once more

Of how she fared while waiting for my knock upon her door

What fate was hers I do not know but in my sleep I’ve seen

her walking on the cliffs above the rocks of Merasheen

On the hard rocks, the rocky rocks, The rocks of Merasheen

On the hard rocks, the dirty rocks The rocks of Merasheen

INTRO, repeat to end