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Lyr Add: Shores of Newfoundland (Kieran Wade)
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Subject: Lyr Add: SHORES OF NEWFOUNDLAND (Kieran Wade) From: GUEST,Justin Curt Lockman Date: 08 Jul 09 - 08:38 AM SHORES OF NEWFOUNDLAND (Kieran Wade) We are the Irish fishermen who work out on the deep Through the storms and winter gales Trying to make a living pulling codfish from the sea And hunting for the big black whale We work out on the Grand Banks in the sun and wind and rain Two thousand miles from our own land To fill our holds with salt fish before heading back again From the shores of Newfoundland Ah, but nine long months away from no man on board can bear It's a loneliness too hard to stand We're gathering up our families and we're going to settle here On the shores of Newfoundland CHORUS And we brought our stories and we brought along our songs To warm us in the winter cold And we wont forget our history, boys, nor forget where we came from Through all the trials that time will bring through the years as we grow old The English guns have brought our troubled country to despair And rule it with an iron hand We seek out some safe harbor and forget about our cares On the shores of Newfoundland The seas are full of codfish and woods are full of deer There's a peace that's hard to understand We'll take our chance of not being caught and make our home right On the shores of Newfoundland CHORUS We are the Irish fishermen who work out on the deep And it's here we'll make our stand We're going to make a living pulling codfish from the sea On the shores of Newfoundland On the shores of Newfoundland Recorded on TIP Splinter's A Living Tradition (1993) and apparently re-released as the first track of Kieran Wade's Across the Western Ocean (2009). I heard this song on the radio more than ten years ago and have been searching ever since without result for a copy of the TIP Splinter CD. I was delighted to discover that Kieran Wade (former member of TIP Splinter) had re-recorded or re-released this song on his new CD. The lyrics are transcribed from listening to the song; the downside of buying tracks and albums digitally is the lack of liner notes. JCL |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shores of Newfoundland (Kieran Wade) From: GUEST,Terry Larkin Date: 14 Jul 09 - 05:31 AM Galway singer Sean Keane has recorded The Shores of Newfoundland, as well as a number of other songs written by Kieran Wade, on his latest CD "The Irish Scattering". Sean is a brother of Dolores Keane and a nephew of the late Rita Keane of the well-known Keane family from Caherlistrane, Co. Galway. I know you can get more info at www.seankeane.com and www.kieranwade.com |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shores of Newfoundland (Kieran Wade) From: GUEST,Jimmy Mac Date: 08 Nov 09 - 12:04 PM You can see Tip Splinter doing this song in Toronto here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUZ0AERZU1M |
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