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Thread #23243 Message #256435
Posted By: GUEST,jburdoo@ksu.edu
12-Jul-00 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Liberty (from The Corries)
Subject: Corries: Liberty & Banks of Newfoundland
Looking for the lyrics to these:
"Liberty" seems to be about Bannockburn, or thereabouts, as the first verse says:
By the cross our Andrew bore, By the sword our William wore, By the crown, our Robert swore, To win our liberty
Obviously, this refers to St. Andrew, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Does anyone know more about this song? Was it written by the Corries?
Next, "The Banks of Newfoundland," a different one (with a gentler tune) from the "holystone and sand" one. It's about the tragic death of a Captain, and I've figured all but one or two of the words which I couldn't decipher from Roy and Ronnie's accents. The first verse goes:
On St. Patrick's Day, the seventeenth, from New York we set sail Good fortune did favor us, with a sweet and a pleasant gale We bore away from Americay, the wind being off the land, And with courage brave, we plowed the wave, bound down for Newfoundland
Can anyone help me on either or both of these? Thanks.