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<\/p>\nI got this version of the song from Danny Spooner which he had recorded on his 2002 album “Launch Out Onto The Deep”. \u00a0That wonderful day that he spent largely on my porch trying so patiently – and eventually successfully – to help me break my mental block to understand his concertina style, this was the song we worked on the most. \u00a0Stan Hugill wrote that it is a focsul forbitter that occasionally saw use as a chantey when stomping ’round the capstan. \u00a0Based on when Cecil Sharp collected it the song dates at least as far back as 1900-ish and many variations abound.<\/p>\n
Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0 \u00a0 Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D
\nYe Western Ocean labourers I\u2019d have you all beware,
\nEm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em
\nWhen ye join with a packet ship, no dungaree jumpers wear;
\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D
\nBut get you a good set of oilskins all ready to your hand,
\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em
\nFor there blow some cold nor’westers on the Banks of Newfoundland!<\/p>\n
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Chorus:
\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 G \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Em
\nWe’ll scrape her and we’ll scrub her
\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0D
\nWith holystone and sand,
\n. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Em
\nAnd remember them cold nor’westers
\nD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Em
\nOn the Banks of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s Barney Lynch from Ballynahinch, Spud Murphy and some more,
\nBy Christ, they worked like hell, me boys, on the road to Baltimore;
\nThey pawned their gear in Liverpool and they shipped as they did stand,
\nAnd there blows some cold nor’westers on the Banks of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n
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Well the mate he comes on the deck, me boys, and loudly he do roar:
\n\u201cCome rattle her in, me lucky lads! We’re bound for America’s shore!
\nGo wipe the blood off that dead-man’s face and heave to beat the band,
\nFor there blows some cold nor’westers on the Banks of Newfoundland!\u201d<\/p>\n
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So now it’s reef and reef, me boys, with the topsul frozen hard,
\nIt’s mount and pass every mother’s son on a ninety-foot tops’l yard.
\nIt\u2019s lay aloft you lazy whores and heave or you’ll be damned!
\nFor there blows some cold nor’westers on the Banks of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n
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Well now we’re off of the Hook, me boys; the land is white with snow,
\nWe’ll get some time at the pay table and have some time below;
\nAnd the pretty girls will come down in flocks and to us they will stand,
\nSaying, \u201cIt’s snugger with me than it is at sea on the Banks of Newfoundland.\u201d<\/p>\n
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