Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)

Subject: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 09 Apr 08 - 12:26 AM

There are some good versions of this song on YouTube. However, because I am not familiar with the Newfoundland dialect It is difficult for me to learn all the lyrics.

Can someone please post them here? TIA

                                           SOL

Subject: Lyr Add: GREY FOGGY DAY (Eddie Coffey)
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 09 Apr 08 - 07:20 PM

I finally found the lyrics on a forum called "Rare Lyrics.com"
Here they are:


Grey Foggy Day
By Eddie Coffey

Been some years ago
Since I left my island
To go to the mainland,
Like the old folks would say;
As I walked up the gangway
And I stood on the starboard
And I gazed on the harbour
On a grey foggy day.

Summer days they were warmer then
When we laughed with the old fishermen,
And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
Then they made up the hay;
It's been more than a long, long time
Since I held you and called you mine,
And we waited for the sun to shine
On a grey foggy day.

To wake in the early morn
To the sound of the old fog horn,
And wait for the men to return
With their boats in the bay;
All these things I don't see no more
When I lived on the old cape shore,
And I gazed on the boats on their moor
On a grey foggy day.

Summer days they were warmer then
When we laughed with the old fishermen,
And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
Then they made up the hay;
It's been more than a long, long time
Since I held you and called you mine,
And we waited for the sun to shine
On a grey foggy day.

And as long as my heart
Doesn't break from those old memories,
Old lover and old use-to-be,
I'll come home to stay;
I can still hear the ocean roar
Through the hills on the old cape shore,
There are no fishing boats anymore,
But it's a grey foggy, foggy day.

Summer days they were warmer then
When we laughed with the old fishermen,
And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
Then they made up the hay;
It's been more than a long, long time
Since I held you and called you mine,
And we waited for the sun to shine
On a grey foggy day.

And I pray that the sun will shine ....

On this grey foggy day.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: GEST
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 03:06 PM

Rabbi-Sol ~ For future reference, here are a number of Eddie Coffey songs highlighted on an artist listing page at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador....

http://wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/acoffey.htm

Happy hunting, GEST
http://wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 08:11 PM

Thank you very much GEST.

I notice that there is a midi-karaoke file attached to this song on your site that was sequenced by Marcel Alexander. However he omitted the third stanza and final chorus. I hope that Mr. Alexander will not mind if my friends at Alt.Binaries.Karaoke add these omissions to his file so that we have the complete song. I will e-mail the completed file to you so you can post it at your discretion, assuming that Mr. Alexander will agree to it.

                                                    SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF S
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 09:21 PM

We finally had a sunny day today in Newfoundland.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: Beer
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 09:48 PM

I sing this song with an accordion player whom hails from Newfoundland. Love the song.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 11:28 PM

Eddie Coffey, who wrote the song is an accordion player. You can hear him doing the song on YouTube.

                                                    SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: GEST
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 08:58 AM

Rabbi-Sol ~ I have e-mailed this thread to Marcel. Hopefully he, or I for him, will respond soon. :-)

GEST
http://wtv-zone.com/phyrst/

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Gray Foggy Day' - Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: GEST
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 08:42 PM

Rabbi-Sol ~

Just heard from Marcel. He says no problem.

GEST

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: GUEST,Mac P
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 11:14 AM

Thanks for posting the lyrics to this song, they are rare indeed.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 03:51 PM

If you put "Grey Foggy Day" into the youtube search engine, the first entry that comes up is a travelogue posted by Chuck Gary. It contains the complete song being sung by Eddie Coffey complete with the accordian. The words are quite clear. The scenery shots of the Newfoundland landscape that accompany the song are really spectacular.

SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 11:24 PM

The mdi-karaoke file is now complete and has been sent to GEST by private e-mail. Hopefully it will soon be posted on her website.

                                                    SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: GUEST,Dave Hann
Date: 23 Jun 08 - 06:48 AM

Do anyone know what the guitar chords would be to this song......Grey Foggy Day?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: GEST
Date: 23 Jun 08 - 01:02 PM

Guest, Dave Hann ~

There are two sets of guitar chords, a MIDI file, and a YouTube video along with the lyrics at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ...

Subject: Chords Add: GREY FOGGY DAY
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Aug 08 - 10:18 PM

C               F    
  Been some years ago
                  C       
  Since I left my island
               G          
  To go to the mainland,
                           C     
  Like the old folks would say;
                     F        
  As I walked up the gangway
                     C          
  And I stood on the starboard
                     G        
  And I gazed on the harbour
                  C    F,C 
  On a grey foggy day. 
  
  Chorus:
  C                     F            
  Summer days they were warmer then
                           C               
  When we laughed with the old fishermen,
                           G               
  And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
                        C     
  Then they made up the hay;
                        F                
  It's been more than a long, long time
                       C                 
  Since I held you and called you mine,
                        G             
  And we waited for the sun to shine
                  C    F,C 
  On a grey foggy day. 
  
  C              F           
  To wake in the early morn
                      C              
  To the sound of the old fog horn,
                   G              
  And wait for the men to return
                          C     
  With their boats in the bay;
                           F            
  All these things I don't see no more
                      C                
  When I lived on the old cape shore,
                     G                    
  And I gazed on the boats on their moor
                  C    F,C 
  On a grey foggy day, 
  
  Chorus:
  C                     F            
  Summer days they were warmer then
                           C               
  When we laughed with the old fishermen,
                           G               
  And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
                        C     
  Then they made up the hay;
                        F                
  It's been more than a long, long time
                       C                 
  Since I held you and called you mine,
                        G             
  And we waited for the sun to shine
                  C    F,C 
  On a grey foggy day. 
  
  C                 F      
  And as long as my heart
                               C          
  Doesn't break from those old memories,
                G               
  Old lover and old use-to-be,
                    C      
  I'll come home to stay;
                       F           
  I can still hear the ocean roar
                           C                
  Through the hills on the old cape shore,
                       G              
  There are no fishing boats anymore
                         C          F,C 
  But it's a grey foggy, foggy day. 
  
  Chorus:
  C                     F            
  Summer days they were warmer then
                           C               
  When we laughed with the old fishermen,
                           G               
  And they cursed when the fog rolled in,
                        C     
  Then they made up the hay;
                        F                
  It's been more than a long, long time
                       C                 
  Since I held you and called you mine,
                        G             
  And we waited for the sun to shine
                  C    F,C 
  On a grey foggy day. 
  
                      G                   STOP 
  And I pray that the sun will shine .... 
  
                     C     
  On this grey foggy day.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Aug 08 - 10:22 PM

sorry this forum moves the chords over the wrong words but i hope you can sort it out.

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I tried to fix it. Is it right now?
-Joe Offer, Forum Moderator-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: GUEST,Cull33
Date: 25 Nov 08 - 11:10 PM

Does anyone have Marcel Alexander's email address, if u do would u be able to send it to me at [e-mail]..........thanks!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: GUEST,craig foote
Date: 03 Feb 10 - 08:28 PM

Is their any different chords for grey fggy dayif so can you send them to me


[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gray Foggy Day (Eddie Coffey -NF Song)
From: GUEST,GUEST
Date: 11 Jul 13 - 01:16 PM

Does anyone have the chords to jack of all trades by eddie coffey,just started playing guitar 6-7 months ago and cant find chords to this song.    thanks..