The Ballad Of Tom Crocker
Be Proud You're A Newfie
Catch A Plane To Fort McMurray
Come Back To The Island
Come On Down
The Dory Boat Man
Everybody Back Home Misses You
Fisherman's Dream
The Fishing Hole
Goofy Newfie
Isle Of Newfoundland
The Labrador Shore
Last Of The Reasons
Little Boats Of Newfoundland
Momma's Long Black Hair
Momma's Resting Place
Newfie Boy
The Newfie Stomp
The Parcel
Picture Of My Newfoundland
Single Maple Leaf
There's No Price Tags On The Doors Of Nfld.
This Is My Island w/Derek Pilgrim
Trout River Living On My Mind
Walking The Streets Of My Home Town
When The Plane Touches Down In Deer Lake



Biographical Notes

Roy Absalom Payne was born in Trout River, NL. He was raised by grandparents, served 12 years in the Canadian army, and was a truck driver amongst other odd jobs before making music his full-time vocation. All the while, Roy would write songs about his life experiences. I Wouldn't Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf was written as he stepped off the plane from his last army trip to Egypt. Marriage breakdown, booze, and drug excesses were all great inspirations for Roy Payne's thirst in songwriting. While his recording career speaks for itself it's the lifestyle that surrounded it that probably says more. Roy Payne was a staple at the famed Horseshoe Club in Toronto, but the hard living and the rat race took its toll. He survived the loss of a lung which was a wake-up call. "I was getting on in life. The smog in Toronto was tough to deal with. I was using three puffers at a time to breath. I needed some clean air." Roy moved up north and hasn't looked back since. "It's the best place for me this side of the Rock. I love it here. I can breathe. Down to one puffer every two weeks or so. I fish. I pedal a bike 15k every day. I write songs. What more could a man my age ask for?"