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He gets up from his bed 'fore the break of dawn
Put on the waders and his coat
And he heads down the street, down to the quay
There's an old chugging boat

The captain's ready to sail now boy
An old man at the boat sheds said
And he grabbed a sticky bag with bait
And he ran to the boat yelling wait

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He's a man of trust, out on the sea
Where the water's deep and they're far from shore
To the brave Alaskan fisherman
Hope the winds are fair this morn'

With his frozen fingers and frozen beard
He quietly crawls back in bed
He's been on the sea for almost a week
Living on soup and bread

It's the life he was given, raised by his pa'
Who was born a Scandinavian
He found a job in Seattle, at a cannery
But later that year he set sail again

Chorus.

In the fishing village Petersburg
I'm watching the fishers from harbor
You can tell they've heard the stories before
About the dangers of the water

Chorus.