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This year I'm havin' Christmas dinner with me buddy Sam,
He said there'd be no turkey but there's lots of turrs and ham;
A roast of moose, a great big goose, a bottle of bakeapple jam,
Oh, to celebrate Christmas day with me buddy Sam.
He'll need a stove as big as the cove,
If he's gonna cook all that stuff;
He'll prob'ly want you all along,
And I'm sure he'll have enough.
If we don't get snow for the reindeers,
Old santa will ride his trike;
You never can tell if things go well,
He'll stay all Christmas night.
Everyone is headin' up the bay,
We'll be eatin' turrs and moose all Christmas day;
Gonna be the brightest spot in Newfoundland,
We're celebratin' Christmas day with me buddy Sam.
We'll sleep in Johnny's waterbed,
If we can't get home that night;
She'll be loaded down with jingle bells,
And lots of Christmas lights.
There'll be Christmas songs a-ringin',
All over Newfoundland;
We're celebratin' Christmas eve,
With me buddy Sam.
See more songs by Harve Bishop.
See more Newfoundland and Labrador Christmas songs.
From the Dictionary Of Newfoundland English:
Bakeapple - A low plant growing in bogs and producing an amber berry in late summer; cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus).
Turr - One of several sea-birds hunted as food; Atlantic common murre; baccalieu bird (Uria aalge aalge).
Note: Although the name "bake-apple" does seem to be used almost exclusively in Newfoundland, the berry itself can be found in most of the world's circumpolar regions and is usually called the cloudberry. For more information see the Cloudberry Fact Sheet.
