Intro: D A
Verse 1:
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Come from a small town on the Atlantic side
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Place called Freshwater when I left there I cried
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The economy it told me to get up and go
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But I will return there someday I know
Verse 2:
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I left there behind me a darling little girl
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Spose she don't know I'm alive in this world
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But when I get the money I can't wait for the day
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Straight on the plane from Alberta to Torbay
Verse 3:
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Oh how I misses the crowd coming in after mast
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And mom when she'd say boys, dinners ready at last
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Oh I get a sad feeling how I wish I were there
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Cyril tellin jokes and we all on the tear
Verse 4:
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Now my brother and I we played for the dance
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Seen every pub from Baie Verte to Point Lance
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But the saddest feeling that I've ever known
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Is being away from my Newfoundland home
G D
Sundays not the same without mother's salt beef
Bm A
No lemon cream crackers dipped in our tea
G D
Or eversweet butter no bakeapple jam
D A D
I gues the best things in this life are in Newfoundland.
Break
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Verse 5:
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Now my father he works down on the north side
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Sister cooks supper for he'll be home at five
D A D
Friday evening rolls around there be no worry nor care
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We all head to the Lafontain to raise a cheer
Verse 6:
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But the lighthouse we had down to the last chance
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The girls in Fox Harbour for they loved to dance
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Head we out on the mainland all saying the same thing
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When were sad and alone this is what we all sing
G D
Sundays not the same without mother's salt beef
Bm A
No lemon cream crackers dipped in our tea
G D
Or eversweet butter no bakeapple jam
D A D
I gues the best things in this life are in Newfoundland.
D A D
I gues the best things in this life are in Newfoundland.