Classic Poem

1. It was in the schooner Ambition , That I'm
2. He telephoned to the crew to come To
going to sing about, Albert Himmelmann was our
go away this day. It was on March the
captain, Nineteen was our full crowd.
twentyninth; We're the first to fill away.

3 We are in the port of Canso,
The place we all know well,
And taking a baiting of frozen squid
The Atlantic Fish Company did sell.

4 We went out on the Western Bank
And started to let her play;
We baited up and let her run
And hauled our trawls that day.

5 Next morning it was blowing hard;
Our vessel she went adrift,
The wind being from the south southeast
And all iced up on deck.

6 We shifted to the Western Bank
And finished our frozen squid;
Then we went to Canso and got some more,
But we didn't finish all of it.

7 Then on our way to Magdalenes
We got among the ice;
We couldn't get over there for bait,
So squared for P.E.I.

8 After laying there a week or more
We then proceeded on;
We went to Cape North, a-fishing there,
But the fish not being on.

9 After jogging round a day or more,
The fish then came around;
Some of the vessels had gone up north,
Some went to Middle Ground.

10 We finished fishing that baiting
And we started out for more;
We finished another small baiting,
Which makes a total of four.

11 On last part of homeward passage,
The wind southeast by south;
After clearing up a little,
We got in Middle South.

12 The word was passed then all around
To come around in time;
And now the spring trip is ended
And everybody's feeling fine!