The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7026   Message #2602700
Posted By: GUEST
01-Apr-09 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Something to Sing About (Oscar Brand)
Subject: RE: Something to Sing About (Oscar Brand)
Greetings from Moose Jaw: (one of those places, "named with a smile."

There's a slight hitch in the above lyrics. The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are many kilometres off shore. When this was pointed out, Oscar rewrote the lyrics so say: "I have walked many a mile on the shores of Prince Edward Isle."
Cheers,
Rev Doug Shepherd
Central Lutheran Church
Moose Jaw