Found at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador. Note the spelling of the songwriter's name.

TIE ME DOWN
Allister MacGillivray

CHORUS: Tie me down, oh, tie me down.
Well, you know I never meant to play around.
If you love me, you'll believe me, and I'll go with you now,
But we've got to get together. Tie me down.

Well, I've been wheels and I've been rails.
I've been dusty roads and grassy wagon trails,
But I miss the friends that linger in the streets of my hometown.
If you love me, you'll believe me. Tie me down. CHORUS

Well, I've known some, yes, more than one,
And there's been some things I wish I'd never done.
Once they branded me a devil when I longed to be a clown.
If you love me, you'll believe me. Tie me down. CHORUS

Ah, but if we swore we'd change no more,
Well, there'd be nothing that our hearts would be good for.
Give this some consideration before you turn around:
If you love me, you'll believe me. Tie me down. CHORUS TWICE

[Arranged by Ryan's Fancy, "A Time With Ryan's Fancy," Boot Records, ©1979.

Also by Allister MacGillivray (b.1948):
AWAY FROM THE ROLL OF THE SEA
COAL TOWN ROAD
HERE'S TO SONG
KITTY BAWN O'BRIEN
SEA PEOPLE
SONG FOR THE MIRA (OUT ON THE MIRA)
TIE ME DOWN

(John) Allister MacGillivray is a songwriter, guitarist, author, folklorist, and record producer born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He received an honourary Doctor of Letters degree in 1997 from University College of Cape Breton. For six years, starting in 1973, he was an accompanist to the Newfoundland / Irish group Ryan's Fancy, also serving as music director from 1974 to 1977 for the group's CBC television series which was broadcast from studios in St. John's, NL.