Music Never Ends
I don’t wanna go home!Don’t bring the lights up, don’t ring the bell.Once the whistle has blown;God only knows when we’ll meet here again! Tell the band not to stop,Tell the curtain, don’t drop,Keep the barstool King,High on his throne!I don’t wanna go Home! Don’t wanna leave till it’s all said and done.Guess I should …
[Chorus:] Way hey and away we goDonkey riding, donkey ridingWay hey and away we goRidin’ on a donkey. Was you ever in QuebecLaunchin’ timber on the deck?Where ya break yer bleedin’ neckRidin’ on a donkey! [Chorus] Was you ever ’round Cape HornWhere the weather’s never warm?Wished to God you’d never been bornRidin’ on a donkey. …
What do you do with a drunken sailorWhat do you do with a drunken sailorWhat do you do with a drunken sailorEarl-eye in the morning Way hay and up she risesWay hay and up she risesWay hay and up she risesEarl-eye in the morning Shave his belly with a rusty razorShave his belly with a …
Set off for America far across the ragin’ seaFrom the frozen coves of my island homeTo the land of libertyI have to leave my girl behindUntil I make my wayOh Molly dear please wait for meI’ll come back for you some day We landed hard in Bostonand I’d never seen the likeA small boat boy …
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds,snakes, an aeroplanes, Lenny Bruce is not afraid.Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn – worldserves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs. Feedit off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength, Ladderstart …
We shipped on board the MaryanneTo find a better lifeAnd we walked across the waterWhen she broke up on the iceWe came ashore in CarbonearWith nothing but our rightsAnd I wondered if I e’er againWould see my London lights We were far from the shores of EnglandFar from our children and wivesTo play our hand …
From the first “Hello” you gave to meI’ve done nothing else but smileAnd I know you’re in a hurryBut its gonna take a while.So forgive me if we go slow,But there’s something I think you should know [Chorus:] I’m goin fast as I can, please don’t make me rushThis feeling’s coming on way too fastI’ll …
Well it was on this monday morningAnd the day be calm and fineA harbour grace excursionWith the boys who had the timeAnd just before the sailorTook the gangway from the pierI saw some fellow haul me wifeAboard as a volunteer [Chorus:] Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cryOh me, oh my, I …
I had a dream I was moving forwardFloating gently to the sunI’ve come to see my world rewardedA new day has begun A lost bird caught in mid migrationFar away to a foreign landOffspring of a secret nationA new day has begun [Chorus]I can see the earth below meand I canfeel it turn Fog lifts …
Oh, our schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lieThey are already rigged to be bound for the iceAll you lads of the Southern we will have you to bewareShe is going to the ice in the Spring of the year [Chorus:] Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day Our course …
I stand in my doorway as the moon rises highOver glorious ocean, reflects the bright skyMy heart it is aching, so much I could dieI’ve known only the ocean, since I was a boy [Chorus:] And I spent my whole life, out there on the seaSome government bastard now takes it from meIt’s not just …
Slowly came these words to meSimple and plain and trueShelter me when winter winds blowOnly your arms will do Follow me, follow me, follow me backWhere it all beganFollow me, follow me, follow me backI’d do it all again Pardon me, if i may beSo foolish that all I seeYou and me a melodyFitting so …
There’s lots of fish in Bonavist harbourLots of fish right in around hereBoys and girls are fishing together45 from Carbonear Catch a hold this one, catch a hold that oneSwing around this one, swing around sheDance around this one, dance around that oneDiddle um this one, diddle um dee
It’s of a bold young smugglerFrom Fortune he did sailHe rode the waves from St. PierreAnd never saw the jail He filled her up with contrabandPerfume, smokes and rumHe hoped the fog was thick enoughTo make another run [Chorus:]You can still see the sightOn a winter’s nightOf his wake in the light of the moonIf …
When I was a young man just barely fourteen, craving adventure and lore,I boarded a clipper, me Dad was the skipper, and sailed it along the French Shore yeah,We sailed all along the French Shore. What beautiful vessels were sailing back then, all bound for the North Labrador,And so for that reason they came here …
Hangman, hangman!Hold a little while,I think I see my brother coming,Riding many a mile. Brother, did you bring me some silver,Did ya bring a little gold?What did you bring me, my brother,To save me from the gallows pole?Save me from the gallows pole? I brought a little silver,I brought a little gold!Do you know what?We’re …
Well General Taylor gained the dayWalk him along, John, Carry him alongWell General Taylor he gained the dayCarry him to his bury’n ground [Chorus:] Tell me way, hey, you stormyWalk him along, John, carry him alongTel me way, hey, you stormyCarry him to his bury’n ground We’ll dig his grave with a silver spadeWalk him …
Well come gather all around meThere is something you should knowThere’s no place quite like this placeIf we get it on the go So, pile your boots up in the cornerHang your jacket from the doorThere’s thirty people in the kitchenAnd there’s always room for more [Chorus:] Oh-oh-oh, Come on nowLet’s lock the world outsideOh-oh-oh, …
The world today can be a scary place;Hard to keep your faith in the human race.We’re runnin’ outta trees,And we’re runnin’ outta space,But we’ll never run out of good people. Ask ’em for a shovel,And they’ll dig you a hole.Put the coffee on,And drag you in from the cold.If you get lost,They’ll show you where …
Fancy brings a thought to me of a flower so bright and fair,Grance and beauty, both combine to make that far more rareLike a maiden that I know who shared my happy life,Where we parted, when she whispered, “You’ll forget-me-not”. She’s graceful and she’s charming like the lillies in the pondTime is flowing swiftly by, …
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Great big sea hove in Long Beach,Whack fal-o-ral tad-dle did-dle i-do,Great big sea hove in Long Beach,Granny Snooks she lost her speech,To me right fol-di-dy fol-dee. Great big sea hove in the HarbourWhack fal-o-ral tad-dle did-dle i-do,Great big sea hove in the HarbourHove right up to Keough’s ParlourTo me right fol-di-dy fol-dee. Mother, dear I …
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Greenspond is a pretty place, and so is Pinchard’s IslandMom will buy me a new fur coat when da gets home from swilin’ Here he comes as white as ghostsChildren and their little boatsWomen in their petty coatsDown from Petty Harbour
As I rode ashore from my schooner close byA girl on the beach sir I chanced to espy,Her hair it was red and her bonnet was blueHer place of abode was in Harbour Lecou.Oh boldly I asked her to walk on the sandShe smiled like an angel and held out her handSo I buttoned me …
Granny’s always ravin’ and rantin’,And she’s always puffin and pantin’,And she’s always screaming and shouting,And she’s always brewing up tea. Grandpappy’s never late for his dinner,Cos’ he loves his leg of beef!And he washes it down with a brandy,And a fresh made cup of tea. Have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,Have a cuppa …
She goes down fast and comes up slowGets in high and goes out lowTurns up late or doesn’t showShe spends all her cash on letting go I’m never earlyI’m never lateI’m in at 5 and out at 8Running just to keep the paceWhen I’m tired I put on my bravest face The sign said “Go …
I Haven’t seen you in a long timeSince I’ve been goneIt always seemed to be the wrong timeIts the same old song Looks like we’ll never be togetherOur whole life throughThere might be changes in the weatherBut not for me and you. Can you hear me, when I’m calling out to you?Can you see me, …
I drove a million miles with you,I broke a million smiles with you,I told a million lies with you,What else would I do, We answered every sirens call,We watched the stars collide and fall,Stood back to back against the wall,We ran before we crawled; [Chorus]All together now until the end when this stories over and …
If the last thing I see is your faceIf the last thing I feel is your embraceThen I would not be afraidI would go to a happy graveIf the last thing I see is you Should I suddenly disappearOr linger on for 100 yearsI would know no fearI would taste no bitter tearsIf the last …
I was just seventeen, when I made the AHLI couldn’t skate in junior, but my fists rang like a bell.I’ll never win a title, and I’ll never win the cup,But when it comes to ladies, I’ve had the best of luck. My first one was a sly one, hanging round the rink,But they sent me …
The sun must set to riseThe light will leave your eyes againThen breaking like morning’s dawnDoes summer feel the winter come The hardest part of lifeIs to live while you’re alive my friendSo sing an unwritten songOr repent for the deeds you left undone This is HereThis is NowIt’s the moment that we live forAnd …
There’s a Wedding in the chapel,And the bride is oh so happy,And Daddy’s got a shotgun in his hand,The groom is sweatin’ bullets,As the priest steps to the pulpitHe’s about to make this boy into a man Sweet Jesus in the GardenCan you grant this boy a pardonFor its true he really don’t know what …
‘It’s a cold day for September’, was all I thought to sayWhen I saw you on the street the other day.I knew something changed between us, all the talk we made was smallBut what do you say to someone when they’ve heard you say it all?It’s an awkward conversation in a most peculiar way… [Chorus:]How …
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Though the night be dark as dungeon, not a star to be seen aboveI will be guided without a stumble, into the arms of me only love.I went up to her bedroom window, kneeling gently upon a stoneI rapped on her bedroom window “My darling dear, do you lie alone”? [Chorus:] I’m a rover , …
I’se The B’y that builds the boat andI’se The B’y that sails her andI’se The B’y that catches the fish andBrings ’em home to Liza [Chorus:] Hip-yer-partner Sally ThibaultHip-yer-partner Sally BrownFogo, Twillingate, Morton’s Harbour,All around the circle Salts and rinds to cover your flake,Cake and tea for supperCod fish in the spring of the year,Fried …
Ah, when Jack comes ashoreHe’s got money galoreAnd he’s seldom cut short of a jobHe can dress now as wellAs any can tellWith a good silver watch in his fob Poor Jack in his lifeWas ne’er paired with a wifeThough sometimes with lasses he linksHe’s a seafaring sailmateCan gambol a caperGrog drinking hero, Jack HinksOh, …
Its of an Irishman I’m going to tell youFree from Ireland sailed awayWhere he was to he was not contendedMade up his mind for to go away Early next morning the ship was sailingQueenstown harbour, golden coreEight long days he was sailing overTill he landed in New York Up the street young Paddy wanderedEach big …
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When I was a young man I was let astrayI met with a body down in Logy BayWe went out in a weatherWe wore out our shoes,And up Kingsway road for a drink or two [Chorus:] Drink ‘er up boys its well after tenDrink ‘er up boys its well after ten. [Repeat] Some people say that …
What ails you, my daughter dear?Your eyes, they look so dim,Have you had any sore sickness,Or yet been sleeping with a man? No I haven’t had any sore sickness,But I know what’s ailing me,I am thinking of my own true loveWho ploughs the raging sea. Is he a lord or a duke or a knightOr …
Ships may come and ships may goAs long as the sea does roll.Each sailor lad just like his dad,He loves the flowing bowl. A trip on shore he does adoreWith a girl who’s nice and round.When the money’s goneIt’s the same old song,“Get up Jack! John, sit down!” [Chorus:] Come along, come along, You jolly …
So…I started with my father, a shoreman in his crewOn a 30 ft long-liner off the coast of Baccalieu.Next there was a trowler, til they closed the fishery down.Had to sign up for the ‘package’, and take a berth in My dad said “join the Navy”, things’ll never be the sameEvery day’s exciting, out on …
Le bon vin m’endort, l’amour me réveilleLe bon vin m’endort, l’amour me réveille encore! En passant par Paris, caressant la bouteilleEn passant par Paris, caressant la bouteilleUn de mes amis me dit à l’oreille, bon, bon, bon Le bon vin m’endort, l’amour me réveilleLe bon vin m’endort, l’amour me réveille encore! Un de mes amis …
Hey man, you don’t know what you’re missingYou count your curses and forget about the blessingsDon’t you think you should learn a little lessonWhat are you waiting for? Hey man, what makes you so specialCan’t seem to find the angels for the devilsDon’t you think that if you learned to love a littleYou’d live a …
When people keep repeatingThat you’ll never fall in loveWhen everybody keeps retreatingOh, but you can’t seem to get enough Let my love open the doorLet my love open the doorLet my love open the doorTo your heart When everything feels all overWhen everybody seems unkindI’ll give you a four-leaf cloverTake all the worry right out …
In every life, there lives a melodyIn every heart, there hides a knifeEvery soul shall seek its harmonyWhile every fist shall find a fightAnd we live this lifeBetween wrong and rightAnd I feel so aliveTonite Every dawn, a simple symphonyIn every song, a broken lineIn every day, a different destinyIn every love, there lives a …
It’s a long life,This I do believe.I never thought we’d see the end,Maybe I was just naive. On a cold night,You can see your breath so clear!I always thought that we’d be friends,but friends can disappear. Time is moving slow.Where’d you go!Rain turns into snow.Where’d you go! In a dark houseI tiptoe down the stairs.Open …
I’d walk a thousand miles for you honeyI’d walk a thousand miles in the sunI’d give up both my eyes if I couldMake you realizeSo why can’t you see that I’m the one Wish I could buy a limosineI’d fill it up and pick you up andDrive you to your dreamsBut when you get out …
We’ve waited all this timeThis long and lonely timeThe light that trickles downIt soaks into your eyesAll I can send herThe awkward pretender in this life I wonder if you’ll love me tonightSo delicate and lovelyWonder if you love me Are you on my sideMy dark and lonely sideI’ll make it worth your whileI’ll give …
Love LaLaLaLa Love When we’re together why does something always startAre we both better off when we are apartSomeday’s you hate me I can see it in your eyesIt seems like lately you can’t wait to criticize me [Chorus]It’s alright, we don’t have to fight tonightNo, it’s alright [repeat] Everyday I can hear the rockets flyOver …
He was born a sailors sonNothing came easy or freeHe suffered the squalls all the rises and fallsAnd everything else in betweenBut he says storms always fade after they’ve had their wayThey’re never as bad as they seem As long as the rivers still run to the seasHey Lucky You Lucky Me Who’d ever thought …
I see you in the front row, dancing up and downYou’re ripped and ready for the night downtownAnd all the pretty boys are chasing you aroundCause they all wanna win your affections You spent three hours getting ready for the showNothing on underneath and everybody knowsMama said wear a coat or catch your death of …
Well oh, Lukey’s boat is painted green,Ha, me boys!Lukey’s boat is painted green,The prettiest boat that you’ve ever seen,A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day! Well oh, Lukey’s boat’s got a fine fore cuddy,Ha, me boys!Lukey’s boat’s got a fine fore cuddy,And every seam is chinked with putty,A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day!A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day! Well …
There’s a neat little lass and her name is Mari MacMake no mistake, she’s the girl I’m gonna trackLot of other fellas try to get her on her backBut I’m thinking that they’ll have to get up early [Chorus:]Mari Mac’s mother’s making Mari Mac marry meMy mother’s making me marry Mari MacWell I’m going to …
It’s not the way that I intended thisI didn’t realize, how much I would miss…But with every parting of our companyI hate to think, what it has done to me [Chorus]You didn’t see, that I was sorryThis has to be, my apology When cruelty comes with blind indifferenceMy humanity becomes my best defenseBut if you …
I left my home and my family by the oceanOut on my own, to seek my fortuneBut there is no work to occupy these young handsSo look out boy you’re heading for the mainland What do you do? You can’t make nothing out of nothingEverybody needs a startWhat do you do? You can’t make nothing …
A brother can be difficultA blessing and a curseBut livin’ life without oneIs something far worse Together in fraternityA sentence set for lifeLaced with petty rivalriesAnd ready for a fight When nothing’s ever left unsaidThe battle lines are drawnPromises are brokenAttack again at dawn Weapons drawn and readyAnd who will fire firstHands strong and steadyHit …
There is an ancient party at the other end of townHe keeps a little grocery store, and the ancient’s name is BrownHe has a lovely daughter, such a treat I never sawOh, I only hope someday to be the old man’s son-in-law Old Brown sells from off his shelf most anything you pleaseHe’s got juice …
I’m goneYou can’t get ahold of meSo longIt’s coming over meI fly byAnd shatter the speed of soundSky HighAnd I never wanna come downOh Yeah I’m a six gunI’m fully loadedThere’s a Love BombI’m about to explode itI’m a bonfireI’m burning through the nightBye ByeI’m an arrow in flightOh Yeah I’m not gonna be a …
There’s a noble fleet of whalers, they’re sailing from DundeeManned by British sailors that take them o’er the sea.On a western ocean passage, we started on the tripWe flew along just like a song on a gallant whaling ship.Was the second Sunday morning, just after leaving port,We met a heavy sou’west gale and washed away …
I’ve got a smile on my face, I’ve got four walls around meThe sun in the sky, the water surrounds meI’ll win now but sometimes I’ll loseI’ve been battered, but I’ll never bruise, it’s not so bad [Chorus:]And I say way-hey-hey, it’s just an ordinary dayand it’s all your state of mindAt the end of …
It’s takes a lot to get to the topAnd a little just to fall off quickAnd I think I’ve seen you here before Sometimes you fly so highSo fast it makes you sickYou won the battle lost the war But I don’t mind if you sayEverytime you talk to meEverytime we talk [Chorus:]We came, we …
Ye boys and girls that have a mind..To leave your troubles far behind.Enlist and take a soldiers’ pay.Go over the hills and far away! We’ll fight in dry Afghanistan,To keep the peace in foreign lands.Learn the real soldiers’ way,Go over the hills and far away! Come and join the infantry,Where the real soldiers fight, you’ll …
Penelope works in the marketDown in the coconut treesShe’s saving up all her moneyTo go to America across the sea She once had an uncleHe lived in Detroit townThey got all his post cardsBut his body has never been found To this dayTo this day She got a job as a domesticWorkin’ for the minimum …
Does the World really need another protest song?Sing about everything going wrongThe revolution has come and goneDoes the world really need another protest song? I want to sing for singing’s own sake,I want to carry a tune.No message to give, no message to take,A melody will do. Does the World really need another protest song?Sing …
[Chorus:]We’ll rant and we’ll roar like true NewfoundlandersWe’ll rant and we’ll roar on deck and belowUntil we strikes bottom inside the two sunkersWhen straight through the channel to Toslow we’ll go I’m a son of a sea cook, I’m a cook and a traderI can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main boomI …
Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB,for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue PutteesSo all the hands enlisted, five hundred young menEnlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,And on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hellAnd on those bloody beaches, the first …
And it’s way, haul away, haulRoll ‘er home and roll ‘er homeI’m safe in the arms of a bonny fine lassOn the rough Atlantic SeaOn the rough Atlantic Sea Achin’ back and salt-cracked handsHaul, boys, haul ‘erIs the bane of a man from NewfoundlandOn the rough Atlantic Sea Rain and snow and sleet and iceHaul, …
Meet me in the morning and I’ll be happy as a clownYou’ll just be getting up and I’ll still be getting downThe band is getting tired but they don’t give a damnso blow the girls a kiss and give the boys a hand You can take the sunshine, I can take moonshineYou can take the …
I like black and whiteDream in black in whiteYou like black and whiteRun runaway [Chorus:] See chameleon lying there in the sunAll thanks to everyoneRun runaway If your in the swingMoney ain’t everythingIf your in the swingRun runaway [Chorus] If you got it sussedDon’t beat around the bushIf you got it sussedRun runaway [Chorus] Oh …
A girl upon the shore did ask a favour of the sea;“Return my blue eyed sailor boy safely back to me.Forgive me if I ask too much, I will not ask for more,but I shall weep until he sleeps safe upon the shore.” As though the sea did hear her plea, a vision did appear,the …
All eyes on Her from dawn till duskHanging on Her every wordKings and Queens never saw such a fussHer Servants are waiting to serve Sally Ann Sally AnnOh when you danceEvery move that you make is amazing.Take my Heart Take my HandHey Sally AnnLife will be all that you make it. I must have got …
When you’re in love, there’s no time and no spaceThere’s a permanent smile on your faceYour friends all complain that you’re going insaneBut the truth is they’re just afraid [Chorus]Hey somewhere,you threw your fear in the Sea of No CaresHey somewhere,you threw your fear in the Sea of No Cares When you decide that what …
Well I came into a scolding wife a few short years agoAnd ever since I lead a life of misery and woeMy wife she is a tyrant around the ??Ah I’d sell her to the devil for a glass or two of gin Sure I’ll get up and go to work as mild as any …
She left St.John’s one day in MayDressed in her Sunday bestA kind man sat beside herWhile she cried her way out West She moved in with her cousinFound a job down in the mallHer friends at home were jealousSaid they’d see her in the fall [Chorus]You know that she wants to try,never lets you see …
Somedays I feel sad and lonelySomedays I feel fineSomedays the clock just ticks too slowlyAnd I wish away my time But when you come to meI realize how wonderful this life can beWith you, you and me Somedays I get so psychoticAnd somedays I am blueSomedays I sip my gin and tonicAnd I wonder what …
They keep talking of the things they’d do if we’d only vote them inOne more dollar and all the bickering and suffering would end.If you’d sign your ‘X’ in favour it’s three jobs for every manYou can burn your boats, thats what they said,It seemed they had it planned.And I hope they haven’t forgotten, the …
These days I feel a change, All the patterns rearrangedThough I can’t explain, I know I’m not afraidNow I realize all good things can be suppliedAnd they come from you [Chorus]It’s all brand new, and it shines right throughShines Right Through MeI look at you and you, and it shines right throughShines Right Through Me …
Hey You, you lost your only friendYou can’t believe you’re broken heart will ever mendBut every mountain has its faces that’d make you want to stopOn this so unwelcome journey from the bottom to the top. Move alongI believe there’s Something Beautiful to seeMove alongI believe there’s Something BeautifulJust waiting for you and me I …
Am I leaving you tomorrow,I can’t seeIs this how it’s going to be?In the morning must I go,So let’s take a little time,see what’s on your mindIs there something I should know? I thought we went through all this yesterdayYou said you were OK,you just had to take it slowI’m tired of these little games …
Love me now while we’re aliveIt’s the best thing we can doWe’ll have no time upon Cloud NineSo Heaven on Earth will have to doI can sing like a birdAnd dance like a demonAnd I do it all so well‘Cause I made a deal with the DevilAnd when I dieI’m going Straight to HellOh YeahI’m …
I’m sorry if i ruined your dayI really hope that you understandI’m a million miles awayLooking for a place to land My father phoned me yesterdayYour time has come, well done my sonTried to think of what to sayWhen words can heed already gone [Chorus:] I don’t know how I got hereThere must be something …
I don’t mind confidingThat I make stupid mistakesBeen misled and misguidedAnd I’m easily led astray But you can dance with disasterNever missing a stepSpinning faster and fasterLong after I’ve already slipped But in the middle of it allYou always break my fallIn the middle of it all [Chorus]Over and over, again and againYou float through …
She doesn’t see the coming fallShe doesn’t show no fear at allBring on autumn moon or the driving rainI only hope I see her face again [Chorus]Everything is gonna be alright when summer comesThe darkest stars will burn so bright when summer comesWe will open up our bodies to the warming of the sunWhen summer …
And it’s go boys goThey’ll time your every breathAnd every day you’re in this placeYou’re two days nearer deathBut you go Well a process man am IAnd I’m tellin’ you no lieI work and breathe among the fumesThat trail across the skyThere’s thunder all around meAnd there’s poison in the airThere’s a lousy smellThat smacks …
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When I was a lad in a fishing townMe old man said to me:“You can spend your life, your jolly lifeJust sailing on the sea.You can search the world for pretty girlsTil your eyes are weak and dim,But don’t go searching for a mermaid, sonIf you don’t know how to swim”‘Cause her hair was green …
[Chorus:] Oh won’t you come along with me loveCome along with me!Come for one night and be my wifeAnd come along with me Well it is of the jolly butcher as you might plainly seeAs he roved out one morning in search of companyHe went into a tavern and a fair girl he did seeAh …
Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I’ll never forgetSome of the boys got loaded drunk, and they ain’t got sober yet;As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin’ gayO’Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to play [Chorus:] That’s how they showed their respect for Paddy …
I drank sixteen doubles for the price of oneTrying to find the courage to talk to oneI asked her for a danceNot a second glanceMy night had just begun Well I drink to the father and the holy ghostI’m kneeling at the altar of my nightly postSo I’ll raise a glass, not the first nor …
I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,After six months hard labor, at home I did arrive.I courted with a pretty girl, t’was her caused me to roam,Now I’m just a river driver and I’m far away from home. I’ll eat when I am hungry and I’ll drink when …
In cuttin and haulin in frost and in snowwe’re up against troubles that few people knowIt’s only by courage and patience and gritand eatin plain food that we keep ourselves fitThe hard and the easy we take as they comeand when ponds freeze over we shorten our runsto hurry my haulin with spring coming onI …
Tishialuk girls are neat and tidy, Tishialuk girls it won’t last long,Tishialuk girls they will be useful when Sam Cove is dead and gone. Aunt Rae wants me to wed her daughter, takes me from my heart’s delight,Give me a girl from down in Tishialuk , shines in the eyes like diamonds bright. Tishialuk girls …
Hearken to me both high and lowI’ll sing for you a songOf Kings and Queens, and rose-lipped maidensCourting light foot lads Now love is grand, when love is newThe heart blood, it runs strongThere’s nothing a doting lad won’t doTo keep his princess warm He’ll tease her with poems and promisesHe’ll ask her out to …
Un gros coup de vent de nordet-nous irons jouer sur le bord de l’eau [repeat]Trois Navires de blé s’en fit rentrer-nous irons jouer sur le bord de l’eau. Nous irons jouer dans l’isle. Trois filles d’un roi veulent marchander- nous irons jouer sur le bord de l’eau [repeat]Et les trois filles les voler le couer- nous irons …
Is it just me or a message from aboveBells are ringing, push has finally come to shoveThe door before me now is opened just enoughI’m sick and tired of waitingFor dreams that never comeLike a game I never played inAnd still wish that I had won I’m AliveGot one shot and I’m taking it to …
Oh me name Able Rogers a share man am IOn a three-masted scooner from Twillingate IsleI’ve been the world over North, South, East and WestBut the middle of nowhere’s where I likes it best Where it’s wave over wave sea over bowI’m as happy a man as the sea will allowThere’s no other life for …
Farewell to the whiskey, tobacco and smoke!Farewell to the rum and occasional coke!Farewell to the girls who came ready to play!For this is the end of my wandering ways. Woke up one morning to the slam of a door.My lady had left me, she could take it no more!The note on the table in black …
Well I was walking in the main land cityAnd I was feeling so aloneI was looking for someone or thing to remind me of my homeWhat I wouldn’t give to have somebody nod or wink at me Cause that’s the way we say hello in my home down by the seaWe never say “hello” or …
I am the fountain of affectionI’m the instrument of joyAnd to keep the good times rollingI’m the boy, I’m the boy,You know the world could be our oyster,You just put your trust in me,Cause we’ll keep the good times rollingWait and see, wait and see….oh wait and see! His exhaltation, a sweet disintegration.A few discolorations, …
Wake up, without a care. Your head’s not heavy, conscience clearSins are all forgiven here, yours and mineFear has gone without a traceIt’s the perfect time, it’s the perfect placeNothing hurting. Nothing sore. No one suffers anymore,The doctor’s found a simple cure.Just in time [Chorus]All these things if I were King would all appear around …
Waiting for the nightingale to singWaiting for the harbour lights to dimI’ve been on the outside looking inWhile the widow in the window waits for him [Chorus 1]But he won’t be backWon’t you realize thatHe’s laughing at your sorrow Waiting for a ship that won’t come inWaiting for a tear to reach her chinI’m knocking, …
We were poorBut I was satisfiedAnd I thought that you were, too You were pureAnd I was terrifiedI wasn’t good enough for you When they sailedInto the harbourI could see it in your eyes I knewThat you were dreamingOf leaving me behind You say “America is beautiful”And I sure hope you’re rightIf I could see …