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
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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.
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