Here's the health to the fishermen who plough the lonely sea
The battle with the ocean where it's in their blood to be
Deer the foodful bounty of the blind and savage fall
They are the last of the hunters, and they're proudly sailing home
Away to the fishing ground against a flooding tide
The hunters of wild, now the last in our time
Through living gale and storm, they sail the crystal sea they row
They're the heart of every harbour when the boats come sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
From the mighty fleets of Yarmouth to the deep ships of Hull
The famous fleet with trawlers all have suffered from the cull
In lossing mouth Loch earn at Fisher row, hit and weep
Golden days and memory now are fading dream
Quite now the harbours where the distant decorings
Eriskay and scalpay where the hering men were Kings
Laiden deep for stornaway, the skipper chair of throne
Legends of the sea and still the ghost are sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
Our elma strong increpit, and men are heroes of renoun
A shadow of the past traded off and torn down
The pawns of politicians games lies ravage to the bowl
But still they go to see, and still the boats come sailing home
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And in New lin, Primith, Wavermith pool
The washing grims me down
Nar sheils and nymith, Peterhead
The broth, they'll hold their ground
Orkney, Shetland and the hebrides will hold the lankin time
For ceel the Isle of man and cille benks they will not die
So we'll toast the Malaig trawlers and the creel men of the west
Polatic ships of wallsy and the seeners of caithness
Bring some beamers, Cornish cathers and in many piers in pole
We'll give them a welcome at the harbour when the boats come sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home
Sailing home, sailing home
The last of the hunters sailing home