"Tribute to Newfoundland"

Recorded on our first CD, "Atlantic Treasures" as part of the "Newfoundland and Labrador Set".

from http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/02/tribute.htm;

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TRIBUTE TO NEWFOUNDLAND   J. Cameron   (Traditional)

G                  C             D              G
'Twas just a year ago today, I left my Emerald Isle
G                       C        G                         Em
To the lovely shores of Newfoundland, I've traveled many a mile
G                     C        G                        Em
The people there they welcomed me with open hearts and hands
G                         C             D            G
Til, I thought that I was home again in dear old Ireland.
 
              Instrumental (play 2 lines)
G                            C           D             G    
There's Kellys, Murphys, and Malones, O'Briens and O'Hares
                   C        G                     Em  
As fine a bunch of lads, me boys, as ever can compare
G                  C     G                        Em
As farmers and as fishermen, they came across the sea
G                        C                              G
To this island they call Newfoundland, my second home to me.
 
Chorus                 
   G                             C          G             
   From her pine-clad hills and mountain glens  
                       C        Em  
   To her shores of shingling sand
   G                      C      
   God bless and keep you as you are
        D                 G
   We love you, Newfoundland.
 
                 Instrumental (play 2 lines)
 
From Corner Brook to Carbonear and on to old St. John's
You'll always find a welcome there and hear some Irish songs
It lifts my heart and fills my eyes to hear those songs again
And it makes us proud that we can say that we are Irishmen.

Chorus 

And then sing at the end more slowly:

G                            C              D              G
When the time has come and I must go to my land across the sea
G                    C                 D                G
This lovely isle of Newfoundland will still be calling me.

BARR, John Kerr (Little Johnny Cameron) - of Torbay, formerly of Blantyre, Scotland. John died peacefully Thursday, October 10, 2002. He leaves to mourn his wife Jacqueline; children: Jonathon, Kate and Rob; relatives in Scotland and a large circle of friends in Newfoundland and around the world. For well over 30 years John contributed to the musical and cultural mosaic of Newfoundland. He was an early member of Sons of Erin, however he might best be remembered as "Little Johnny Cameron", travelling the outports and coastal communities of Newfoundland. Johnny entertained with the best in Scotland, Ontario and Newfoundland and, latterly, in cyberspace at The Three J`s, Mudcat Cafe, and Blether Bar. We will all miss him and say goodbye in our own ways. Private funeral arrangements have been made.
Godspeed Johnny.
October 18, 2002