I'ze The Bye

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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush

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I'ze the b'y that builds the boat And I'se the b'y that sails her I'ze the b'y that catches the fish[1] And takes them home to Lizer. Chorus     Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo'     Hip yer partner, Sally Brown     Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour     All around the circle! Sods and rinds[2] to cover your flake[3] Cake[4] and tea for supper Codfish in the spring o' the year Fried in maggoty butter. Chorus I don't want your maggoty fish[5] That's no good for winter I could buy as good as that Down in Bonavista. Chorus I took Lizer to a dance And faith, but she could travel And every step that she did take Was up to her knees in gravel. Chorus Susan White, she's out of sight Her petticoat wants a border Old Sam Oliver in the dark He kissed her in the corner. Chorus fish: Unless otherwise specified, "fish" in Newfoundland English almost always refers to codfish rind: A long strip of bark, normally from a standing spruce or fir, and used for various fisheries and building purposes flake: A platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying codfish on land cake: Ship's biscuit or hardtack magotty fish: Fish when not cured correctly would become infested with blow-fly larva

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