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Run Runaway

I like black and white, dream in black and white.
You like black and white, run runaway.

Chorus:
Sea chameleon, lying there in the sun
all things to everyone, run runaway.

If you're in the swing, money ain't everything.
If you're in the swing, run runaway.

Chorus

If you've got it sush, don't beat around the bush.
If you've got it sush, run runaway.

Chorus

Oh, now can she wait? No, no, come on and wait.
Oh, now can she wait? Run runaway.

Chorus

I like black and white, dream in black and white.
You like black and white, run runaway!

Chorus x2

Goin' Up

Ah, well, come gather all around me,
there is something you should know;
there is now place quite like this place
if we get it on the go.
So pile your boots up in the corner,
hang your jacket from the door;
there's thirty people in the kitchen
and there's always room for more.

(Chorus:)
Oh, oh oh.
Come on now,
let's lock the world outside.
Come on, I'll tell you now,
she's going up tonight!

Well, there'll be music all around you,
you should see the way it feels.
Come on, up we go, now.
Heel and toe, now,
to the jigs and reels.
'Cause somebody brought a fiddle,
and someone else brought a guitar.
And we got Bobby on the squeezebox,
grab a chair and raise a jar!

(Chorus)

Well, there'll be smilin', there'll be laughin',
and that's good enough for me.
There'll be dancing all around you,
this is where you wanna be,
so pile your boots up in the corner!
Hang your jacket from the door.
There's thirty people in the kitchen,
and there's always room, yes there's always room!

(Chorus x2)

Fast As I Can

From the first hello you gave to me,
I've done nothing else but smile.
And I know you're in a hurry,
ah, but it's gonna take a while.
So forgive me if we go slow,
but there's something I think you should know.

(Chorus:)
I'm going fast as I can,
please don't make me rush.
This feeling's comin' on way too fast.
I'll tell you all of the things
that you'll never forget,
but I'm not ready to say
'I love you' yet.
I'm not ready to say
'I love you' yet.

Don't push me in too deep, I've always been
the fool who rushes in.
I know, you've got to take the pieces, one by one,
for you've got everything.
So forgive me if we take time,
but there's smething that's been on my mind.

(Chorus)

(Bridge:)
Oh, there'll be times when I'm mistaken,
there'll be times when we're gonna fight.
But you needn't doubt, we can work it out,
and in time we'll get it right, oh...

So fogive me if we go slow,
ah, but there's something I think you should know;

(Chorus x2)

Mari-Mac

There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lot of other fellas try to get her on her back
But I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early

(Chorus:)
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac

Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together
In fact, you hardly see the one without the other
And people often wonder if it's Mari or her mother
Or both of them together I am courting

(Chorus)

Well, up among the heather in the hills of Bonifee
Well, I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee
A bumble bee stung me right above me knee
Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee

(Chorus)

Well I said, "Wee bonnie lassie, where you going to spend the day?"
She said, "Among the heather in the hills of Benifee,
Where all the boys and girls are making out so free
Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee."

(Chorus)

The wedding's on Wednesday, everything's arranged
Soon her name be changed to mine, unless her mind be changed
And making the arrangements, I'm feeling most deranged
Marriage is an awful undertaking

(Chorus)

Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair
Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there
And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share
If I don't, we'll be very much mistaken

(Chorus)

There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lot of other fellas try to get up on her back
I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early

(Chorus)

Something To It

(C) (F) (C) (F) (C) (F) (C)

I'm (C)sorry (F)if I (G)ruined your (Am)day
(F)I really (G)hope that you (F)under (G)stand
(C)I'm a (F)million (G)miles a (Am)way
(F)Looking for a (G)place to (C)land. (F) (C)

My (C)father (F)phoned me (G)yester (Am)day
(F)'your time has (G)come, well (F)done my (G)son.'
I (C)tried to (F)think of (G)what to (Am)say
when (F)words came (G)he'd already (C). (F) (C)

I (Dm)don't know how I (Em)got here,
there (F) must be something (G)to it.
I (Dm)think I need some (Em)time alone
to (F)work my way (G)through it.

The (C)moon is (F)in the (G)sky to (Am)night.
(F)not very (G)warm, but it (F)sheds some (G)light.
(C)Ask me (F)now and (G)I just (Am)might
let the (F)morning come and (G) tell me if it's (C)right. (F) (C)

I (Dm)don't know how I (Em)got here,
there (F) must be something (G)to it.
I (Dm)think I need some (Em)time alone
to (F)work my way (G)through it.

(C)Soon (F)initial (G)bliss will (Am)pass
(F)this precious (G)time might (F)be your (G)last
Like (C)dew up (F)on the (G)morning (Am)grass,
good (F)intentions can (G)vanish with the (C)sun. (F) (C)

I'm (C)sorry (F)if I (G)ruined your (Am)day
(F)I really (G)hope that you (F)under (G)stand
but (C)I'm a (F)million (G)miles a (Am)way
(F)Looking for a (G)place to (C)land. (F) (C)

(C)I'm a (F)million (G)miles a (Am)way
(F)Looking for a (G)place to (C)land. (F) (C)

Buying Time

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Lukey (Working on it! :p )

Well, old Lukey's boat is painted green, Ha me boys.
Lukey's boat is painted green,
it's the prettiest boat that you've ever seen,
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.

Lukey's boat's got a fine fore-cuddy, Ha me boys.
Lukey's boat's got a fine fore-cuddy,
and every seem is chinked with putty,
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.

Well, I says, 'Lukey, the blinds are down', Ha me boys.
I says, 'Lukey the blinds are down,
me wife is dead, and she's under-ground!'
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.

Well I says, 'Lukay, I don't care', Ha me boys.
I says, 'Lukay, I don't care,
I'll get me another in the spring of the year.'
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.
Aha, me boys, a-riddle-I-day.

The Old Black Rum

I drank sixteen doubles, for the price of one.
Tryin' to find the courage to talk to the one;
I asked her for a dance, not a second glance.
My night had just begun.

Well, I drink to the father or the holy ghost.
I'm kneeling at the altar of my nightly post.
So I'll raise a glass, not the first, nor last.
Come join me in this toast.

(Chorus:)
Because the old black rum's got a hold on me,
like a dog wrapped 'round me leg.
And the old black rum's got a hold on me,
will I live for another day, hey!
Will I live for another day?

Well, the queen of George Street is just walking by!
Walking on by, with some guy who don't care
that she stood in line, since half passed nine!
And spent three hours on here hair.

And her friend is looking at me with an evil grin,
I think a bloody racket might soon begin,
I must've said something to the George Street queen,
now the boys are joining in!

(Chorus)

Well, I drank all of my money, and I slept out in the rain.
Every day is different, but the nights, they're all the same,
you never see the Sun on the old black rum,
and I know I'm gonna do it again!

(Chorus x2)

The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)

(Chorus:)
And it's go, boys go.
They'll time your every breath.
And every day you're in this place,
You're two days nearer death,
but you go.

Well, a process man am I, and I'm telling you no lie.
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky.
There's thunder all around me, and there's poison in the air.
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell, and dust all in me hair.

(Chorus)

I've worked among the sinners, and I breathe the oily smoke.
I've shovelled up the gypsum, and it nigh-on makes you choke!
I've stood knee-deep in cianyde, got sick with a caustic burn.
Been working rough, I've seen enough to make your stomach turn.

(Chorus)

There's over-time, and bonus opportunities galore.
And young men like their money and they all come back for more.
But soon, you're knocking on, and you look older than you should;
for every bob made on the job, you pay with flesh and blood.

(Chorus)

A process man am I, and I'm telling you no lie.
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky.
There's thunder all around me, and there's poison in the air.
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell, and dust all in me hair.

(Chorus x2)

Wave Over Wave

Oh, me name's Abel Rogers, a share man am I
on a three-masted schooner from Twellingate Isle.
I've been the world over, North, South, East and West,
but the middle of nowhere's where I likes it best.

(Chorus:)
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow.
I'm as happy a mane as the sea will allow,
there's no other life for a sailor like me
than to sail the salt-sea, boys. To sail the sea.
There's no other life but to sail the salt sea.

Well, I leave m wife lonely ten months of the year,
for she built me a home, and raised my children there.
She never come out to bid farewell to me,
Or can why a sailor must sail the salt sea.

(Chorus)

Oh, the work it is hard and the hours are long,
but my spirit is willing, my back it is strong.
And when the work's over, the whiskey will pour.
We'll dance with the girls upon some foreign shore.

(Instrumental)

I have sailed the world over, for decades or more,
and oft times, I wonder what I do it for.
I don't know the answer, it's pleasure and pain.
But with life to live over, I'd do it again.

(Chorus x2)

Billy Peddle

Billy Peddle, Billy Peddle, have you seen Tom White?
Billy Peddle, Billy Peddle, have you seen Tom White?
Billy Peddle, Billy Peddle, did you see Tom White?
Gone around the harbour, gonna stay all night.

Gone around the harbour, gone for getting us some beer,
Gone around the harbour, gonna get away from here.
Gone around the harbour, gonna have a cup of tea,
if you see Billy Peddle, tell him I wants he.

Nothing Out of Nothing

I left my home and my family by the ocean
Out on my own, to seek my fortune
But there's no work to occupy these young hands
So look out boy, you're headed for the mainland

Chorus:
And what do you do? You can't make nothing out of nothing
Everybody needs a start
And what do you do? You can't make nothing out of nothing
Give my country back its heart

Now I was born on a St. John's street
Where all my hopes could meet with defeat
I hired my days to higher education
Now I'm so smart I've got ruinous condemnation

Chorus

Now I'm alone but I'm workin' everyday
I'm getting stoned and blowin' all my pay
Just to survive I'll do whatever I can
Now I'm alive, but I cannot be a real man

Chorus (2x)

The Jolly Butcher

Chorus:
Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me

Well it is of a jolly butcher as you might plainly see
As he roved out one morning in search of company
He went into a tavern and a fair girl he did see
Ah come for one night, be my wife, oh come along with me

He called for liquor of the best
And he makes such fortune play
Come have a drink, it will make us think
That it is our wedding day

Chorus

Well he called for a candle to light their way to bed
And when he had her in the room these words to her he said,
"A sovereign I will give to you, for to embrace your charms"
And all that night, that fair young maid, lied in the butchers' arms

Chorus

Oh, early the next morning be sure it went his way
He looked unto that fair young maid and unto her did say,
"That sovereign that I gave to you, do not think me strange,
Well that sovereign that I gave to you will you give me back me change!"

Chorus (2x)

Well about a 12 month later he roved out once more
And he went into the tavern where he'd often been before
He wasn't in there very long when his fair maid he did see
And she brought forth a baby three months old and placed it on his knee
Ah, when he saw the baby, he began to curse and swear
And he said unto that fair young maid, "Why did you bring him here?!"
"Well he is your own, kind sir", she said, "Do not think me strange,
Well that sovereign that you gave to me, well I gives you back your change!!"

Chorus (2x)

Rant and Roar

Chorus:
We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below
Until we strikes bottom inside the two sunkers
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll go
I'm a son of a sea cook, I'm a cook and a trader
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main boom
I can handle a jigger, I cuts a fine figure
Whenever I gets in a boat's standing room

Chorus

Farewell and adieu to ye young maids of Valen,
Oderin and Presque, Fox Hole and Bruley
I'm bound for the westward to the wall with the hole in
I can't marry all or it's yokey I'll be

Chorus x 2

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