Yeah Ho Little Fish - Yo Ho Little Fishy - Manuels Love Song Chords

(This song has various lyrics depending on who wrote and sang it. Spencer Tracy sang a version in the Movie
'Captains Couragous' called 'Manuel's love song' with lyrics by Gus Kahn and Franz Waxman)
 
(This first version is from "Folk Songs of Australia - and the Men and Women Who Sang Them" by Steve Towson
and the Kunkala Station Band https://music.stevetowson.com/track/yo-ho-little-fishy-2)
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The crew are asleep and the ocean's at rest,
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And I'm singing this song to the one I love best.
 
[Chorus]
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Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
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Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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There are fish in the sea, there's no doubt about it,
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Just as big as the ones that have e'er come out.
 
[Chorus]
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Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
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Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Little fish, when she's caught, she fights like a whale,
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As she thrashes the water with her long, narrow tail.
 
[Chorus]
C  F          C          F            C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
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Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.
 
 
[Verse 3]
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The anchor's away, and the weather is fine,
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And the captain's on deck laying out other lines.
 
[Chorus]
C  F          C          F            C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C  F          C       G           C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.
 
 
[Verse 4]
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The crew are asleep and the ocean's at rest,
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And I'm singing this song for the one I love best.
 
[Chorus]
C  F          C          F            C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry,
C  F          C       G           C
Yo ho, little fishy, don't cry, don't cry.
 
 
 
(Here is a version of the lyrics as recorded by Ed Trickett on "The Telling Takes Me Home")
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Come all ye bold fishermen, listen to me;
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I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea.
 
[Chorus]
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Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
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Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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You go to fish school and can learn from a book
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How not to get caught on the fisherman's hook.
 
[Chorus]
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Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
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Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by.
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Watch out, little fish, we're out after you,
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But you can escape away deep in the blue.
 
[Chorus]
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Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
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Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by.
 
 
[Verse 4]
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You just swim around the fisherman's bait
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And you won't end up on the fisherman's plate.
 
[Chorus]
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Yea ho, little fish, don't cry, don't cry;
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Yea ho, little fish, you be a whale by and by
 
 
 
(Last, but not least: 'Manuel's Love Song' as sung by Spencer Tracy (as the character Manuel, playing a
Hurdy-gurdy) from the Movie, 'Captains Couragous'(1937))
 
 
[Chorus]
C  F          C          F            C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
C  F          C       G           C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
 
 
[Verse 1]
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Once Doc baked some biscuits and throw them away
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Next day no more fish come around boat to play
 
[Chorus]
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Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
C  F          C       G           C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Said Cabbage to fish cake Who lay on one dish
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I beautiful cabbage You only poor fish
 
[Chorus]
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Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
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Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
 
 
[Verse 3]
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There's a place in my heart For the one I love best
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And I still keep her picture tattooed on my chest
 
[Chorus]
C  F          C          F            C
Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry
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Yeah, ho, little fish Don't cry, Don't cry"
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