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Thread #169004 Message #4083192
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Dec-20 - 10:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: When a Chap Comes Hame/Roarin' Fire
Subject: ADD Version: Roarin' Fire (from Jim Rice)
And there's a transcript with a field recording at "MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada":
Of all the pleasures in this world the dearest one in life When a man knows he's got a clean and tidy wife His house is like a palace so he may never roam For a clean and tidy wife makes a true and happy home
CHORUS: With a big roaring fire a kettle on to boil Makes a man feel happy when he's done his daily toil With a smiling tidy wife and a clean hearthstone Very very cozy when a man comes home
Now what man can be happier when his days work is done To meet his wife with kindly smiles and to see the children run The air seems full of music but their voices seem to ring While the merry kettle on the hearth with gladness seems to sing
CHORUS: With a big roaring fire a kettle on to boil Makes a man feel happy when he's done his daily toil With a smiling tidy wife and a clean hearthstone Very very cozy when a man comes home
Some people think it's jolly a single life to lead It's only just for talking's sake but that I'll never heed A single life it's very good it might be gay and free But the comforts of a married life are just the ones for me
CHORUS: With a big roaring fire a kettle on to boil Makes a man feel happy when he's done his daily toil With a smiling tidy wife and a clean hearthstone Very very cozy when a man comes home