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A GREAT BIG SEA HOVE IN LONG BEACH

A great big sea hove in Long Beach
Right foloral, Tadeedle, I do
A great big sea hove in Long Beach
And Granny Snooks she lost her speach
To my right foldidy foldee

A great big sea hove in the harbour...
And hove right up in Keough's Parlour...

Oh dear mother I wants a sack...
With beads and buttons all down the back...

Me boot is broke, me frock is tore...
But Georgie Snooks I do adore...

Oh fish is low and flour is high...
So George Snooks he can't have I...

But he will have me in the Fall
Right foloral, Tadeedle, I do
If he don't I'll hoist my sail
And say good-bye to old Cannaille
To my right foldidy foldee

from: Old-Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland by Gerald S Doyle, 1966 (4th edition)

rich r