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Lyr Req: Aunt Martha's Sheep (Newfoundland) Related threads: (origins) Irish Newfoundland lyrics (180) Lyr Req: Tiny Red Light (16) (origins) Lyr Add: Aunt Martha's Sheep (11) Lyr Req: Aunt Martha's Sheep (13) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: MediocreShepherd Date: 27 Feb 02 - 08:22 AM Thanks to Jim Dixon for the Lyrics of "You can't Fool a Newfoundlander". As a sheep farmer, I absolutely refuse to sing Dick Nolan's wonderfuls song Aunt Martha's sheep. Sing that song to a bunch 'o drinkers, and it will come back to haunt us poor shepherds. I always figgered someone had to be real dense to not know the difference between the taste of Moose and Mutton. Would any mainlanders confuse beef with chicken? Thanks to this thread you have given me alternative lyrics to offer with this popular tune. Just like Abraham's not having to sacrifice Isaac, thanks to a Ram stuck in the thorns, now I don't have to put my mutton up for sacrifice at the request of this tune! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 27 Feb 02 - 12:01 AM Didn't notice Jim Dixon's click to website above his posting. My clickie is the same. The old ones are no longer valid. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Feb 02 - 10:31 PM Sorcha et al., I get 404 error notice; further along a statement that the site may have been removed. My dogs can't find any sheep here. Tried on Netscape also, since if I can't get it on one, sometimes it's on t'other |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Feb 02 - 10:21 PM Try NFLD for a bunch of other Nfld. songs. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: little john cameron Date: 26 Feb 02 - 09:53 PM Oops,it wis a gold record,no' a million seller.Sorry aboot that. ljc |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: little john cameron Date: 26 Feb 02 - 09:36 PM It was a dark and stormy night,i was in a boozin session wi' the aforementioned Dick Nolan.Times were a bit hard for the bold Dick at the time an' he wis tryin tae raise a few shekels.Ah wis admirin a stuffed fox or some kind o' animal that he had oan the mantlepiece."How much will ye gie me for it?he asked.Noo,ah wis thinkin mibbe he wid gie me it for nothin as ah didnae like it that much that ah wid buy it. So anyway,needless tae say a deal wisnae struck.A few days later ah wis aff tae Toronto for a recordin session,so ah never heard how he wis daein for a week or so.Ane nicht the wife phones me an' says "Did ye hear aboot Dick?""Dinnae tell me he's deid"says me. "Naw,he's got a million sellin record"Weel, ye can imagine the surprise ah got.Ane meenit he's starvin an' the next he at the tap o' the heap. Jist gaes tae show it is a fickle business. ljc |
Subject: Lyr Add: YOU CAN'T FOOL A NEWFOUNDLANDER From: Jim Dixon Date: 26 Feb 02 - 07:10 PM And here's the sequel:
YOU CAN'T FOOL A NEWFOUNDLANDER
Here's the finish of the story I think that I should tell
As they told you in the story, the Mountie joined right in.
Now, when he left, they thought that they had seen the last of he.
Now as they watched him drive away, they all began to boast
They were drinking and were talking 'bout the sheep that they had took,
In the doorway stood Aunt Martha who had come to claim her sheep,
So now they wish the mutton had come from other means,
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Subject: Lyr Add: AUNT MARTHA'S SHEEP (D Nolan & E Coles) From: Jim Dixon Date: 26 Feb 02 - 07:02 PM Copied from Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
AUNT MARTHA'S SHEEP
G D G
Now if you pay attention, I know I'll make you laugh.
We caught the woolly animal and dragged her from her pen.
Aunt Martha she got angry when she heard about the loss.
The Mountie got the message and started in to read:
Just a short time later, about twelve o'clock that night,
Said, "Sorry, boys. Your party I really don't mean to wreck.
He said, "Thanks a lot," and he sat right down and I gave him a piece of the sheep.
He said, "Thanks a lot. You're a darn fine bunch, and your promise I know you'll keep. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 18 Feb 02 - 11:46 PM Well, here's one of the sequels to Aunt Martha's Sheep |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Sorcha Date: 11 Mar 00 - 11:45 AM I guess I don't understand--when I click on my link, it takes me straight to Aunt Martha's gif--all I have to do is scroll down. No problem with George's either, just scroll down and click on the title. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: MMario Date: 11 Mar 00 - 10:56 AM crowhugger - you should get a list of titles below the banner, click on a title and you get the words and midi. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Crowhugger Date: 11 Mar 00 - 10:06 AM George, that's the same website with the same banner blockade. What the heck do I do to get lyrics! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 11 Mar 00 - 07:21 AM You wanted the other songs besides Aunt Martha's Sheep? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Crowhugger Date: 11 Mar 00 - 05:14 AM Sorcha, or anyone else who figured out that link: How do you get past all the commercial junk to the words of the song? All I get are ad banners and I see nothing to click to get at the Newfoundland Songs of the website name. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 10 Mar 00 - 05:30 PM Apparently there are two songs which follow it, one of them by Dick Nolan himself. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: MMario Date: 10 Mar 00 - 02:33 PM it's also been discussed several times in the forum. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: Sorcha Date: 10 Mar 00 - 02:07 PM It's here, I would have posted it, but includes a GIF! Wow! |
Subject: Aunt Marthas Sheep - Newfoundland From: GUEST,Robert in NB Date: 10 Mar 00 - 01:54 PM Hello! I'm looking for the lyrics to this fun song, originally from Newfoundland, Canada. Its about some poachers who go after a cow but get a sheep instead. Know where I can get the words? Thanks |
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