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Mussels in the Corner is a Newfoundland folk song. In 2005, nine hundred and eighty-nine musicians gathered in St. John's at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival to play "Mussels in the Corner" on accordions to set a world record for simultaneous accordion playin


Lyrics

Mussels in the Corner ''Chorus:'' :'' 'Deed I is in love with you'' :''Up all night in the foggy dew'' :'' 'Deed I is in love with you'' :''Mussels in the corner'' :Ask a townie for a smoke :He will say his pipe is broke :Ask a bayman for a chew :He will bite it off for you :''(chorus)'' :Dirty shirts and dirty ties :Dirty rings around their eyes :Can't get up the morning b'ys :Dirty auld Torbaymen :''(chorus)'' :Here they are as white as ghosts :Baymen in their little boats :Women in their petticoats :Down in Petty Harbour :''(chorus)'' :I took Liza to the ball :Liza couldn't dance at all :nailed her up against the wall :left her there till sunday :''(chorus)'' :All the people in Belle Isle :Don't get up till half past nine :Wash their face in kerosene oil :Polly, you're a corker! :''(chorus)'' :Elsie Murray, she's so fine, :Don't get up til half past nine :Won't get up to feed the swine :Dirty Elsie Murray. :'' 'Deed I is in love with you'' :''Up all night in the foggy dew'' :'' 'Deed I is in love with you'' :''Mussels in the corner''


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" *" ...
Newfoundland and Labrador folk songs Canadian folk songs {{Folk-song-stub