Newfoundland English
Newfoundland English is a term referring to any of several accents and dialects of Atlantic Canadian English found in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Most of these differ substantially from the English commonly spoken elsewhere in ...
dialect, and translates to standard English as "I'm the Boy" or "I'm the Guy". The
decided to honour the song in 2005, officially accepting it as part of the Canadian Song Hall of Fame.
Native Newfoundland
folk songs
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have fared well in terms of continued popularity, due in part to their appearance in widely circulated publications such as Gerald S. Doyle's songsters. Doyle's company published five free and popular collections of Newfoundland songs, the first in 1927, as a means of promoting his
patent medicine
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business. These songs included "I'se the B'y", "
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Gordon Bok
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have recorded the song (the latter under both its original name and the title "Liverpool Handy").
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for bagpipes was composed in honour of "I's the B'y".Archie Cairns - Book 1 Pipe Music 'I'se The B'yse' Strathspey 1995
Lyrics
I's the b'y that builds the boat
And I's the b'y that sails her
I's the b'y that catches the fish
And brings them home to Liza. (or ''Lizer'')
''Chorus:''
Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo
Hip yer partner, Sally Brown Fogo,
Twillingate
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,
Moreton's Harbour
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All around the circle!
Sod
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s and rinds to cover your flake
Cake and tea for supper
Cod
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fish caught in the spring o' the year
Fried in maggoty butter.
''Chorus:''
I don't want your
maggot
A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies.
...
y fish
They're no good for winter
I could buy as good as that
Down in Bonavista.
''Chorus:''
I took Liza to a dance
As fast as she could travel
And every step that she did take
Was up to her knees in gravel.
''Chorus:''
Susan White, she's out of sight
Her petticoat wants a border
Old Sam Oliver in the dark
He kissed her in the corner.
''Chorus:''
See also
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List of Newfoundland songs
This is a list of songs associated with the Canadian Island of Newfoundland.
Songs with an unknown composer/lyricist ("Traditional")
*" A Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach"
*" Bake Apple Time in Newfoundland"
*" Ballad of the Southern Cross"
*" ...
hardtack
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Blow-fly
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larva
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