Lyrics - Banks Of Newfoundland by Celtic Folk

The
Banks of
Newfoundland
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DOn
St.
Patrick's
Day the seventeenth from
New
York we set sail.
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AKind fortune did favor us with a sweet and pleasant gale,
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AWe bore away from
America; the wind being off the land.
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DAnd with courage brave we plowed the waves bound down for
NFLD.
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DOur
Captain's name was
Nelson just twenty years of age.
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AAs true and brave a sailor lad as ever plowed the waves.
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A"
The
Evelyn" our brig was named belonging to
Mac
Lean.
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DAnd with courage brave we plowed the waves bound down for
NFLD.
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DNow when three days out to our surprise the
Captain he falls sick
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AIn short he was not able to take his turn on deck
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AThe fever raged which made us think that death was close at hand,
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DSo we bore away from
Halifax bound down for
Newfoundland.
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DNow at three
O'
Clock we sighted a light that we were glad to see,
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AThe small pox had been raging; its what it proved to be,
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AAnd at four
O'
Clock in the afternoon as sure as
God's command,
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DOh he past away off
Arichat bound down for
Newfoundland.
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From: dah@castle.ed.ac.uk (
David
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Subject:
Re:
Words to "
Men of
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Date: 25
Sep 91 09:08:03
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