Christmas Time In Newfoundland

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All hands are awake tonight 
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the weather it is rough
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the skipper smiles and all hands note 
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he's not a man to bluff

the wheel he grapsed, the waves they crashed
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the night is not so clear
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but he'll push he hard with no regard
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to make it home this year

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A giant of a man he stands
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our skipper brave and strong
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but he promised us two weeks ago
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that we would make St. John's

to celebrate the christ child's birth
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with the families oh so dear
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to visit out communities
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to spread our christmas cheer

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I'll try to make it home again this year
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by land or by sea
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I think of you and me
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If I could I'd take a plane that soars across the sky
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For Christmas time in Newfoundland
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and my own piece of mind

But the sea is unforgiving
it drove us up and down
but lucky we did have a ship
that was so very sound
we rode our way past baccalieu
and down by logey bay
the people that we missed so much
were not too far away

We pushed along the coastline
till a break came in the rock
the roughest trip we ever made
was one mile from the dock
boys I've kept my promise
the skipper he did say
we passed by fort amherst light
on that cold Christmas Day

I'll try to make it home again this year
by land or by sea 
I think of you and me
If I could I'd take a plane that soars across the sky
For Christmas time in Newfoundland 
and my own piece of mind

So people that you know who work
on the land or on the sea
remember that if possible 
it's home that they will be
to celebrate this blessid time
with family oh so dear
to say they made it home again
for christmas time this year

I'll try to make it home again this year
by land or by sea 
I think of you and me
If I could I'd take a plane that soars across the sky
For Christmas time in Newfoundland 
and my own piece of mind

I'll try to make it home again this year
by land or by sea 
I think of you and me
If I could I'd take a plane that soars across the sky
For Christmas time in Newfoundland 
and my own piece of mind

For Christmas time in Newfoundland 
and my own piece of mind

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