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Banks Of Newfoundland chords by
Ewan Maccoll
Ewan Maccoll
A. L. Lloyd
A. L. Lloyd

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Verse 1
Am
G
Am

Me bully boys of Liverpool
C
Am
G

I'd have you to beware
Am
C

When you sail in a package ship
Am

No dungaree jumpers wear
C
Am

But have a big monkey jacket
C
Am
G

All ready to your hand
Am

For there blows some cold

Nor 'westers on the banks

of Newfoundland

We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her
C
G

with holy stone and sand
Am

And we'll think of them cold
G
Am

Nor 'westers on the banks

of Newfoundland

There was Jack Lynch from Ballina Hinch,
G
Am
G

Mike Murphy an d some more
Am
C

I tell you, well, they suffered like hell
Am

on the way to Baltimore
C
Am

They'd pawned their gear in Liverpool,
G

and they sailed as they did stand
Am

And their blowsome cold

Nor 'westers on the banks

of Newfoundland

We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her
G
Am
G

with holy stone and sand
Am

And we'll think of them cold
G
Am

Nor 'westers on the banks

of Newfoundland

The maidies stood

and the folks led
G

and loudly did roar
Am

Now rattle their enemy,
C

lucky lads,
Am

we're bound for America's shore
C
G

Go wash the mud off that
C
Am

dead man's face
G

and heave to beat the band
Am

For there blows some cold
C

Nor 'westers on the banks
Am

of Newfoundland
C
Am

We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her
G

with holy stone and sand
Am

And we'll finger them cold

Nor 'westers on the banks

of Newfoundland
C

So now it's reef and reef, me boys,
Am
G

with the canvas frozen hard
Am

And it's mountain pass every
C

mother's son
Am

on a 90 -foot topsoil yad
C

Never mind about boots
Am
C

and oil skins,
G

but holler you'll be damned
Am

Father blows some cold
G
C

Nor 'wester's on the banks
Am

of Newfoundland
G
Am

We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her
C
G

With holy stone and sand
Am

and we'll think of them cold
C
G

Nor 'wester's on the
C
Am

banks of Newfoundland

And now we're off the hook, me boys,
G

and the land's all white with snow
Am

But soon we'll see the pay table
G
C
Am

end up all night below
C

And on the docks come
Am

down in flocks
G

them pretty girls will stand
Am

Saying it's snugger with me
G

than it is at sea
C
Am

on the banks of Newfoundland
C
Am

So we'll scrape her and we'll scrub her
C
G

With holy stone and sand
Am

For while we're here we can be there
Am

On the banks of Newfoundland

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