Run To The Bay

Intro N.C. It's a long way Thunder House beckons us N.C. Lash down the gunnels and into the spray [Verso 1] D G D The harbour lights fade as we slip through the sound D Em A The rack and the kelp are all dreams to me now G D And the bare shores of Orkney all this I will trade D Em A For the snow-covered shoreline of far Hudson Bay [Verso 2] D G D For six months a year, free food and a bed D Em A We'll toil on the portage of the Bay's watershed G D And all this for the dandies in England who sport D Em A A beaver felt hat on their way to the court [Refrão] D G D It's a long way Thunder House beckons us G D Em A Lash down the gunnels and into the spray D G D Oh what a day, the burning sun guiding us G D A D Hauling our packs for the run to the Bay [Verso 3] D G D The Nor'Westers hold rain from la Chine to the lake D Em A So we must move inland to shore up our stay G D And if it's a fight boys we'll give it our all D Em A For no self righteous bayman would not heed the call [Verso 4] D G D But the trade it was good and the skirmishes few D Em A With each company vying for the trade and the route G D And when it was over only one did succeed D Em A Was the fair boys of Orkney and the old HBC [Refrão] D G D It's a long way Thunder House beckons us G D Em A Lash down the gunnels and into the spray D G D Oh what a day, the burning sun guiding us G D A D Hauling our packs for the run to the Bay [Ponte] Bm A The river met rail, old ways are over G D E A The song of the paddle will soon drift away Bm A And all that is left are the stories and legends G Bm Em A Of the men and the land and their run to the Bay [Refrão] D G D It's a long way Thunder House beckons us G D Em A Lash down the gunnels and into the spray D G D Oh what a day, the burning sun guiding us G D A D Hauling our packs for the run to the Bay G D A D Just a-hauling our packs for the run to the Ba