As I walked down the dockside one evenin' so fair
To view the still waters and take the salt air
I heard an old fisherman singin' this song
Saying, "Take me away boys. Me time is not long."
Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin' a trip, mates
And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green
Now, Fiddler's Green is a place, I've heard tell
Where fishermen go if they don't go to hell
Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play
And the cold coasts of Greenland are far, far away
Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin' a trip, mates
And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green
Yes, the weather is fair and there's never a gale
And the fish jump aboard with one swish of their tail
You can lie in your hammock, there's no work to do
And the skipper's below makin' tea for the crew
Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin' a trip, mates
And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green
Now, I don't need a harp nor a halo, not me
Just give me a ship and a good rollin' sea
And I'll play me old squeeze-box as we roll along
With the wind in the riggin' to sing me a song
Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin' a trip, mates
And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green
Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
No more on the docks I'll be seen
Just tell me old shipmates I'm takin' a trip, mates
And I'll see you one day in Fiddler's Green