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I was just a young man at the start of married life,
And I asked me aged father how to treat me darlin' wife;
He said, never hit a woman, me little darlin' man,
Now, don't ever hit a woman with a hatchet in her hand.
Thank you very much for the very nice advice,
I used it once or twice when I was on thin ice.
Me father often told me with a twinkle in his eye
He said don't ever, ever, ever, ever, never tell a lie;
Me father said that tellin' lies was really quite uncouth,
Don't ever tell a lie if you can fool 'em with the truth.
Thank you very much for the very nice advice,
I used it once or twice when I was on thin ice.
Me father often told me to never ever steal,
Don't ever take a penny, b'y, no matter how it feels;
Don't ever rob a copper, me little darlin' man,
Now, don't ever steal a cent, unless 'tis over twenty grand.
Thank you very much for the very nice advice,
I used it once or twice when I was on thin ice.
I used to drink a drop of beer when I was very young,
And it weakened up me knees a bit; it loosened up me tongue;
Me father said that drinkin' beer was really quite a sin,
Sure 'twas better to drink whiskey or even rum or gin.
Thank you very much for the very nice advice,
I used it once or twice when I was on thin ice.
And now I got a lad of me own, he's barely six years old,
And he's saucy as the crackie, and he's always being bold;
I got so mad at him last week, I took him across me knee,
I said, "You must be like your mother 'cause you're certainly not like me."
Thank you very much for the very nice advice,
I used it once or twice when I was on thin ice.
This page contributed by the St. John's Folk Arts Council.
From the Dictionary Of Newfoundland English:
Crackie - small, noisy mongrel dog; frequently in phrase 'saucy as a cracky,' applied to a person who usually has a saucy tongue or a person who will answer back.
