Here is what I have developed from contributors to this thread and from listening to Emile Benoit sing his variant hundreds of times today. Please feel free to comment, correct, gripe or just plain enjoy. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Before I publish, I hope to get a YouTube video to put on the finished page at: GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador. :-)

First of all, while you read about the Newfoundland French dialect below, right click on this mp3 file and let it load into a new tab or window. It takes about a minute or so to get into your browser:
Vive La Rose (Emile Benoit)

Secondly, something about the dialect:

From Wikitravel: Port au Port Peninsula — unlike Newfoundland English, Newfoundland French is nearly extinct. Newfoundland French is distinct from other Canadian French dialects including Quebec French and Acadian French, and is generally found in the Port au Port Peninsula. The language was deliberately discouraged by the government in the 20th century, so visitors can expect most people they encounter to speak English. However, for those who speak French, this peninsula is an oppoertunity to engage with a fascinating dialect.

And now, my transcription:

Mon vain me amant délaisse,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Mon vain me amant délaisse,
On dit oh vive la rose!
J'ai resté pas ce soir,
Vive la rose de les villages!
J'ai resté pas ce soir,
Vive la rose de les villages!

Elle va-t'en voir une autre,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Elle va-t'en voir une autre,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Je sais qu'elle reviendra,
Vive la rose de les villages!
Je sais qu'elle reviendra,
Vive la rose de les villages!

On dit qu'elle est très belle,
On dit oh vive la rose!
On dit qu'elle est très belle,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Millions fois belle que moi,
Vive la rose de les villages!
Millions fois belle que moi,
Vive la rose de les villages!

On dit qu'elle est malade,
On dit oh vive la rose!
On dit qu'elle est malade,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Peut-être elle non mourra,
Vive la rose de les villages!
Peut-être elle non mourra,
Vive la rose de les villages!

Oh si elle meurt dimanche,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Oh si elle meurt dimanche,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Lundi on l'enterrera,
Vive la rose de les villages!
Lundi on l'enterrera,
Vive la rose de les villages!

Mardi je viendrons voir,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Mardi je viendrons voir,
On dit oh vive la rose!
Mais moi je n'en voudrai pas,
Vive la rose de les villages!
Mais moi je n'en voudrai pas,
Vive la rose de les villages!

####.... Variant of an 18th century French folk song ....####

This variant arranged and recorded by Emile Benoit (Vive La Rose, trk#8, 1992, Amber Music, Topsail, NL, distributed by Denon, Markham, Ontario, produced by Noel Dinn, Gary Furniss and Pamela Morgan, and recorded at CBC Studio F in St. John's and at Hypnotic Studios, Toronto. The last major work of this master fiddler and storyteller from L'Anse-a-Canards on the Port-au-Port Peninsula, NL).