| Author | Topic: Add: I'se the B'y That Builds the Boat | |
| dmcg | Posted - 26 Oct 04 - 10:50 am | |
I'se the b'y that builds the boat, And I'se the b'y that sails her! I'se the b'y that catches the fish And takes them home to Lizer. (Chorus) Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo, Hip yer partner, Sally Brown! Forgo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour, All around the circle. Flour and crumbs to cover the fish, Cake and Tea for supper, Cod fish in the spring o' the year Fried in rancid butter. I don't want your rancid fish, That's no good for winter, I could buy as good as that Down in Bonavista Source: Singing Together, Summer 1961, BBC Publications Notes: Newfoundland Folk Song with English words by C. Armstrong Gibbs. From Five Canadian Folk-Songs published by Oxford University Press. | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 26 Oct 04 - 03:40 pm | |
The "English words" aren't much more than a bit of substitution of technical terms and a slight toning-down in order to make the song more suitable for young children. I think this is the set noted by Peacock, but don't have time to check just now. There is some background in a fairly recent Mudcat discussion. | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 26 Oct 04 - 03:49 pm | |
I guess this is the Mudcat thread Malcolm referred to. | ||