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Down Home In Newfoundland (The Hummingbirds) lyrics & video

      #1565: YouTube video by oldirishladdie ©2011.
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Gonna get my gear together and hit the road again,
I'm changing my direction, gonna leave from where I've been;
Got a yearning to be back there with the folks I understand,
Gonna plant my feet on happy street down home in Newfoundland.

Down home in Newfoundland,
Where the sun's gonna shine on a happy man;
That's where I'm gonna lose all my sorrow,
Down home in Newfoundland,
Where the air is fresh and you feel so grand,
And I'll be there tomorrow.

I spent some time in Montreal, but the city wasn't me,
So I thumbed along on the 401 and I headed for BC;
But I couldn't find the place for mine and so I changed my plan,
Gonna thumb 'er back to that little shack down home in Newfoundland.

Down home in Newfoundland,
Where the sun's gonna shine on a happy man;
That's where I'm gonna lose all my sorrow,
Down home in Newfoundland,
Where the air is fresh and you feel so grand,
And I'll be there tomorrow.

There's something about a Newfie that ties him to his home,
His heart is there to anywhere his footsteps chance to roam;
Where tomorrow's 'round the corner and they help you if they can,
Gonna see the folks I love the most down home in Newfoundland.

Down home in Newfoundland,
Where the sun's gonna shine on a happy man;
That's where I'm gonna lose all my sorrow,
Down home in Newfoundland;
Where the air is fresh and you feel so grand,
And I'll be there tomorrow,
Down home in Newfoundland.

####.... Lynn Russwurm, 1973, SOCAN, all right reserved ....####
From Billboard Magazine - 13 Oct 1973, Vol. 85, No. 41:
Laura and Lynn Russwurm with son Lance on lead guitar, play Cousin Don's Tavern this week - their new Columbia single is Down Home in Newfoundland.

Recorded by Michael T. Wall (On Stage At Molly 'N Me, trk#9, 1975, Banff-Rodeo, Toronto, Ontario, produced by CAPON, Montreal, Quebec).

The YouTube video above features a 1973 45 RPM recording by The Hummingbirds.






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