[Chorus] I'm a Newfoundlader born and bred And I'll be one till I die I'm proud to be an Islander; Here's the reason why: I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sand There's no place I would rather be than here in Newfoundland Diddle Dee ah da, Diddle Dee ahhh da [Verse 1] I spent some time in New Your state and nearly lost my mind That...Learn More

[Verse 1] Well it was on this monday morning And the day be calm and fine To the Harbour Grace excursion With the boys to have a time And just before the sailor Took the gangway from the pier I saw some fellow haul me wife aboard The Volunteer [Chorus] "Oh me, oh my," I heard the old wife cry "Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die!" "Oh me, oh my",...Learn More

What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? Early in the morning Way hay, up she rises Way hay and up she rises Way hay and up she rises Early in the morning Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober Put him in the longboat 'til he's...Learn More

[Verse 1] Oh, I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine I had a little stretch of land along the CP line But times were hard and though I tried, the money wasn't there And bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair I looked for every kind of job, the answer always "no" Hire you now, they'd always laugh, we just let twenty go! The...Learn More

[Verse 1] I came upon a charming girl And Sarah is her name Her parents want a husband With riches, wealth, and fame I have no wealth, and riches and fame Have never come my way Until the night I went to visit my love And through the keyhole say [Chorus] Sarah, Sarah, won't you come out tonight Sarah, Sarah, the moon is shining bright Put your hat...Learn More

[Verse 1] She went down last October in a pouring driving rain The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow The Mary Ellen Carter settled low There was just us five aboard her when she finally was awash We'd worked like hell to save her, all heedless of the cost And...Learn More

THE IRISH ROVER In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six We set sail from our sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand city hall in New York She was an elegant craft, rigged fore'd-and-aft And oh, how the wild winds drove her She could stand several blasts, she'd twenty-seven masts And we called her the...Learn More

Here comes Mister MacNeil The fine shape that he is in There is no telling which way he'll feel After his twister around the bend Raisin' the jar hey raisin' hell There's plenty of stories that they will tell Some are born of true detail Some are purely fiction Well, look up yonder it's old MacPhee He's having a few he can hardly see Wrapped his...Learn More

[Verse 1] I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away I've been telling old stories, singing songs that make me think about where I came from And that's the reason why I seem so far away today [Chorus] But let me tell you that I love you, that I think about you all...Learn More

Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk Of a day -I-ay-I-ay I met a little girl and we stopped to talk On a grand soft day -I-ay-I-ay And I ask you, friend, tell me what would you do to do If her hair was black and her eyes were blue So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl 'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl We were halfway there when...Learn More

[Verse 1] Last night as I lay dreamin' of pleasant days gone by Me mind been bent on ramblin' to Ireland I did fly I stepped on board a vision and I followed with a will I soon came to anchor at the cross at Spancil Hill [Verse 2] It was on the twenty third of June the day before the fair Where Ireland's sons and daughters were all assembled...Learn More

I met my love by the gas works wall I dreamed a dream by the old canal And I kissed my girl by the factory wall In the dirty old town The dirty old town Clouds a drifting across the moon And cats are prowling on their beat Springs a girl from the streets at night In the dirty old town Is'a dirty old town I heard a siren from the docks Saw a train...Learn More