F2  : 13301x ou x8 10 10 88 C   : x32013 Bb6 : x13033 D2  : x57755 C2  : x35533 E2  : x79977 B2  : x24422 |_ _ _ |_ _ _ | It was in_ the spring_ this year of grace_ with_ new life pushing through_ That I looked_ from the Citadel down_ to the narrows and asked_ what it's coming to_   I saw_ Upper Canadian concrete and glass right down to the water line_ And I heard an old song_ down on Fisherman's Wharf_ Can I sing it just_ one time_ |_ _ _ |_ _ _ | With half closed eyes_ against the sun_ for the warm wind giving thanks_ I dreamed_ of the years_ of the deep-laden schooners thrashing home_ from the Grand Banks_    The last lies done_ in the harbour sun_ with her picture_ on a dime_ But I heard an old song_ down on Fisherman's Wharf_ Can I sing it just_ one time_  Can I sing it just_ one time_   Then haul_ away and  heave_ her  home_ this song_ is heard no more_ No boats_ to sing it for_ No sails_  to sing it for_   There rises now a      sin_-gle  tide_ of tourists_ passing through_ We traded old ways_ for the new_ Old ways_ for the new_  Old ways_ for the new_ For the new__             |_ _ _ |_ _ _ | Now you ask "What's this Romantic boy_ who laments what's done and gone_ There was no romance on a cold winter ocean and the gales sang an awful song_    But my fathers knew of_ wind and tide_ and my blood is Maritime_ And I heard an old song down on Fisherman's Wharf_ Can I sing it just_ one time_  Can I sing it just_ one time_   Then haul_ away and  heave_ her  home_ this song_ is heard no more_ No boats_ to sing it for_ No sails_  to sing it for_   There rises now a      sin_-gle  tide_ of tourists_ passing through_ We traded old ways_ for the new_ Old ways_ for the new_  Old ways_ for the new_ For the new__             |_ _ _ |_ _ _ | So it was in_ the spring_ this year of grace_ with new life pushing through_ That I looked from the Citadel_ down to the narrows and asked what it's coming to_   I saw_ Upper Canadian concrete and glass_ right down to the water line_ And I heard an old song down on Fisherman's Wharf_ Can I sing it just_ one time_  Can I sing it just_ one time_ Can I sing it just_ one time_  Can I sing it just_ one time_