Astoria Bar

	  		
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Well, it's not very far to Astoria's Bar 
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But a very long journey it can be 
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You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river 
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And end at the bottom of the sea 

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And the River still shines and shimmers in the light 
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As it did in our grandfathers' day 
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When they rowed all night and fished in the morning 
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And lived in Willapa Bay 


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When the tide is rough, so very, very rough 
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So rough that you cannot stand 
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It'll drive the fish right into the nets 
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And the boats right into the sand 

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And the River still shines and shimmers in the light 
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As it did in our grandfathers' day 
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When they rowed all night and fished in the morning 
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And lived in Willapa Bay 


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In the mist and the rain, the labour and the pain 
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We know what the fishing here is worth 
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It is worth all the gold, when they suck 'f#m from the hold 
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And worth all the treasures of the earth 

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And the River still shines and shimmers in the light 
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As it did in our grandfathers' day 
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When they rowed all night and fished in the morning 
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And lived in Willapa Bay 


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Now it's not very far to Astoria's Bar 
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But a very long journey it can be 
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You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river 
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And end at the bottom of the sea 

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And the River still shines and shimmers in the light 
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As it did in our grandfathers' day 
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When they rowed all night and fished in the morning 
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And lived in Willapa Bay 
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When they rowed all night and fished in the morning 
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And lived in Willapa Bay