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Thread #144188   Message #3332813
Posted By: GUEST,Ryan
02-Apr-12 - 10:41 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ye Old Sunday Dinner
Subject: ADD: Ye Old Sunday Dinner
Any information of the Newfoundland Song "Ye Old Sunday Dinner"?

Can't find anything on the web.
Here's the Lyrics.

YE OLD SUNDAY DINNER

Oh when memories prancing of days long departed,
And carries me back to my old Youthful scene,
When I was a Boy so free and Lighthearted,
The Years came and went by like a Merry routine.

Oh there's one thing I know and I'll always remember,
The scenes from the Old house, the wood fire a-glow,
The peace and contentment in the month of December,
And that old Sunday Dinner, a Long time ago.

Her table was tread with the best and the most of,
And her bread was as light as the first fall of snow,
There was plenty for twenty and we made the most of,
That Old Sunday Dinner, a long time ago.

When Saturday night came my Father & Mother,
We'd each go to market, but not to stay long,
And I would be left in the care of my brother,
Oh He's a Poor fellow who'd sing me a song.

And Soon they returned with baskets o'erflowing,
We'd each get an Apple, and wanted to know,
What we'd have for Dinner, perhaps they were throwing,
An Old Sunday Dinner, from a long time ago.

Her table was tread with the best and the most of,
Her bread was as light as the first fall of snow,
There was plenty for twenty and we made the most of,
That Old Sunday Dinner, a long time ago.

The Old folks are gone and the little house standing,
No longer a hard part, they're resting below.
My brothers are scattered but sure they'll remember,
That Old Sunday Dinner from long long ago.

Her table was tread with the best and the most of,
And her bread was as light as the first fall of snow,
There was plenty for twenty and we made the most of,
That Old Sunday Dinner, a long time ago.