Banks Of Newfoundland lyrics Lyrics

song lyrics Banks Of Newfoundland lyrics The Banks of Newfoundland D                        G              D         A       D On St. Patrick s Day the seventeenth from New York we set sail. D                A     D                          A Kind fortune did favor us with a sweet and pleasant gale, D                 A    D                          A We bore away from America; the wind being off the land. G              D       G                  D             A   D And with courage brave we plowed the waves bound down for NFLD. D                     G            D     A        D Our Captain s name was Nelson just twenty years of age. D                   A      D                 A As true and brave a sailor lad as ever plowed the waves. D              A         D                   A "The Evelyn" our brig was named belonging to MacLean. G              D         G              D                A   D And with courage brave we plowed the waves bound down for NFLD. D                        G                 D           A    D Now when three days out to our surprise the Captain he falls sick D              A        D                    A In short he was not able to take his turn on deck D                   A         D                           A The fever raged which made us think that death was close at hand, G         D         G       D              A           D So we bore away from Halifax bound down for Newfoundland. D                      G                    D       A      D Now at three O Clock we sighted a light that we were glad to see, D                A           D                   A The small pox had been raging; its what it proved to be, D                        A         D              A And at four O Clock in the afternoon as sure as God s command, G         D         G      D              A          D Oh he past away off Arichat bound down for Newfoundland. D                     G                 WS: husky1 rec.music.folk: 4512 Path: nstn.ns.ca!morgan.ucs.mun.ca!jupiter!utgpu!news-server.csri.toron to.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!wupost!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloo m-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!seunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!dah song lyrics