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I've been dreaming of the seashore and dad's old fishing skiff,
I've even had a thought or two of those old rocky cliffs;
But the thing that nips my mind the most and gives my heart a shock,
Is how much better it would be up here with a piece of the rock.
If the lights of Brampton shone on Daniel's Harbour,
And Toronto town was really Paradise,
If the Exploit's waters churned through ol' Port Hardy,
And our eastern sun it rose on Yellowknife,
If St. Anthony's charms were present up in Sudbury,
Or if Thompson's mines were part of Carbonear,
There'd be no need to roam, everyone would be at home,
If we only had ol' Newfoundland up here.
There'd be lots of boats and fish 'n' things that mean so much to me,
With lots of kitchen parties from Red Deer to LaScie;
All the boys would stop and take the stock of the pretty girls everywhere,
There'd be nothin wrong with up-along if we had the rock up here.
All our sandy rocky beaches they'd sure beat those oil sands,
No need to hike the prairies when we could stroll upon the strands;
The chinooks down from the mountains as the sun burns off the mist,
There'd be no other place like here if the rock was part of this.
If Calgary looked down on St. John's Harbour,
And Edmonton was down in Gander Bay,
If the Humber waters flowed through ol' Grand Prairie,
And Deer Lake was in our reach from day to day,
If church bells in Badger rang in old Lloydminister,
Or McMurray graced the hills of Bay d'Espoir,
There'd be no need to roam, everyone would be at home,
If we only had ol' Newfoundland up here.
No, there'd be no need to roam, everyone would be at home,
If we only had ol' Newfoundland up here.
Recorded by Roustabout of LaScie, NL (100% Newfoundlander, trk#9, 2009, Independent, recorded at Sim's Studio in Belleoram, NL).
