G F C F G Uncle Emile's been gone now nearly ten days C G Told his wife he be goin' for the fishing Em But in the waters off St. Pierre and Miquelon Isles C Am The fishes come in bottles of gold G If the Anne-Marie don't break and the Mounties stayin' blind C Em He'll be back before the moon is rising C G With a very fine catch all safe in the hold C G Thirty cases of Trinidad light C D7 G F C F For Acadian Saturday night G Now Emmeline Comeau works the general store C G My Papa says she's good for the custom's Em She got eyes like fire and hair past her shoulders C Am As shiny black as Cumberland coal G You can see her Sunday morning on the St Phillipe road C Em Her maman close behind like a dragon C G But her mama doesn't know what she does behind the hall C G Away from the music and the light C D7 G On Acadian Saturday night D C G And it's oh, don't the fiddles make you roll C Em Your heart she will pound like a hammer D B7 Em C There's a fat lady beating her piano like a drum G And everybody's higher than a kite C D7 G F C F On Acadian Saturday night [Solo Break] G F C F G Now granpa says it was better in his day C G The Mounties stayed away from the parties G And they didn't mind a fight when the spirit got high C Am You could always throw them out in the snow G And the rum was better and it came in bigger bottles C Em And the revenue cutters were slow C G Still, the old Anne-Marie has wings on the water C G And there's nothing like Trinidad light C D7 G For Acadian Saturday night D C G And it's oh, don't the fiddles make you roll C Em Your heart she will pound like a hammer D B7 Em C There's a fat lady beating her piano like a drum G And everybody's higher than a kite D C G And it's oh, don't the fiddles make you roll C Em Your heart she will pound like a hammer D B7 Em C There's a fat lady beating her piano like a drum G And everybody's higher than a kite C D7 G F C F On Acadian Saturday night