Ever since comming to Newfoundland I have heard a few songs that I like, I have posted the lyrics.
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| Concerning Charlie Horse
traditional Come all ye friends I‘ll sit you down And sing an oleful ditty, T‘was on a day in April month We started from the city We planned a day or two at Mahers We stalwart men were chosen To remove ol‘ Charlie from Angle Pond, Who fell in when the pond was frozen. We seven men came roaring down On the road to Roaches Line, We might have stopped in Avondale or Brigus might have been fine, We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in Nor took any time to park us, We all of us knew that we must get through to remove old Charlie‘s carcass. Here‘s to Charlie Horse, here‘s to Shave the Master No better horse ne‘er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, Here‘s to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know, Charlie‘s gone to the big corral where all good horses go. In the car was Ol‘ Pocket Comb and beside him Old Moose Coosten, And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark in the back seat he was roostin‘ There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police It wasn‘t hard to find him, And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in beside him. Kevin and Buck was also there, but they brought some brawn and brains, They was aiming to help as best they could to remove old Chuck‘s remains, Charlie was like a brother to Shave and he loved him well of course, Charlie was a very good man you see although he‘d been a horse. Here‘s to Charlie Horse, here‘s to Shave the Master No better horse ne‘er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, Here‘s to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know, Charlie‘s gone to the big corral where all good horses go. Now I‘ll spare you all the gruesome details And just relate the end. With two stout doors and a few strong ropes We removed old Shady‘s friend, We gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed, So long as we helped old Shave and his friend, our loyalty was proved. Somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright, Charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right. Shave will join him there one day and he‘ll bring the harness leather, And so and for all of eternity they‘ll pull the logs together. Here‘s to Charlie Horse, here‘s to Shave the Master No better horse ne‘er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, Here‘s to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know, Charlie‘s gone to the big corral where all good horses go. Mermaid traditional Well I was a lad in the fishing town An old man said to me You can spend your life, your jolly life just sailing on the seas You can search the world fro pretty girls till your eyes are weak and dim But don’t go searching for a mermaid son if you don’t know how to swim Cause her hair was green as seaweed Her skin was blue and pale Her face it was a work of art I love that girl with all my heart But I only liked the upper part I did not like the tail So I signed on to a whaling ship My first very day at sea I seen a mermaid in the waves Reaching out to me Come live with me in the sea she said Down on the ocean floor I’ll show you a million wondrous things that you never seen before So over I jumped and she pulled me down Down to her seaweed bed And a pillow made of a turtle shell she placed beneath my head She fed me shrimp and caviar upon a silver dish From her head to her waist it was just my taste But the rest of her was a fish Cause her hair was green as seaweed Her skin was blue and pale Her face it was a work of art I love that girl with all my heart I only liked the upper part I did not like the tail But then one day she swam away So I sang to the clams and the whales Oh how I miss her seaweed hair And the silver shine of her scales But then her sister she swam by And set my heart awhirl Cause her upper part was an ugly fish But her bottom part was a girl Yes her hair is green as seaweed Her skin is blue and pale Her legs they are a work of art I love that girl with all my heart I don’t give a damn about the upper part Cause that’s how I get my TAIL Scolding Wife Well I came into a scolding wife a few short years ago And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe My 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 man And she'll get up and dress herself and go and have her dram And I chance to say a word it's well I know my due She'll follow me with the fire shovel up and down the room And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head When I come home at dinner time I'll find her drunk in bed When I come home at supper time at patience I must stop 'Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slop And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again Well once I asked me scolding wife if I could go to bed She scare gave me an hour on the pillow to lay me head When like a roarin' lion she came bustin' down the door She caught me by the middle and threw me naked on the floor And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again Now me and my companions go to a public place She'll search around the neighbourhood until she finds my face She'll hoist me up in ridicule before the company Sayin' 'Petticoats is your master and forever more shall be' And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Though I swear to God I'll hang myself if I get married again Sonny's Dream Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone And your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home And the nights are so long and the silence goes on And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong Sonny lives on a farm, in a wide open space Kick off your sneakers and let go the race And you can lay down your head by a sweet river bed But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone And your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home And the nights are so long and the silence goes on And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong Sonny carries a load, though he's barely a man There ain't much to do, yet he does what he can He watches the sea from a room by the stairs The waves keep on rollin' They've done that for years Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone And your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home And the nights are so long and the silence goes on And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong It's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there Yet he goes to the highway and stands there and stares And the mail comes at four, and the mailman is old But he still keeps his dreams full of silver and gold Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone And your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home And the nights are so long and the silence goes on And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read They're just stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head Still he longs in his mind for the wild world outside And I know I can't hold him though I've tried, and I've tried, and I've tried Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone And your Daddy's a sailor who never comes home And the nights are so long and the silence goes on And I'm feelin' so tired, I'm not all that strong |
