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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 Mac Lean.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: husky1rec.music.folk: 4512 Path:nstn.ns.ca!morgan.ucs.mun.ca!jupiter!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!wupost!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!seunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!dah From: dah@castle.ed.ac.uk ( David Harris) Newsgroups: rec.music.folk Subject: Re: Words to " Men of Harlech" Message-ID: Date: 25 Sep 91 09:08:03 GMT References: Organization: Edinburgh University Lines: 49 In article
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