(Frank Hennessy)
All I need is a strong north wind
And a fine white ship to set sail in
But the winter mist is now at hand
I must remain in Newfoundland
The summer months I fished all day
Then in one short week drank it all away
Now a passage home I can't demand
I must stay in Newfoundland
If I had a skilled trade taken
A carpenter or a good stonemason
It's home I'd be like a decent man
And not forlorn in Newfoundland
My age is thirty years and three
I have no wife, I have no family
I spend my life as a fisherman
Around the coast of Newfoundland
I dream of home nearly every night
Its valleys deep and green, its waters bright
Come all young men with your lives to plan
Keep well away from Newfoundland
Repeat 1
(as sung by Iain MacKintosh)