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GUEST,jburdoo@ksu.edu Lyr Req: Liberty (from The Corries) (9) Corries: Liberty & Banks of Newfoundland 12 Jul 00


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.

Jennifer


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