I'm gonna tell you a few things
You may find hard to believe
I grew up with running water

and access to TV
And I've never fished from a fishing boat
Although I love the sea

Just a couple of things that you should know about me

I don't play the fiddle

and I don't drink everyday
These are all my original teeth
And I pay my own way

So don't ask me for an Irish song
Because they've all been overplayed
It's not the music I come from anyway


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This Island's in my blood

I'm its biggest fan
But it's a private love
That so few understand

And I'm not what you expected
Because you didn't expect very much
I'm just here to put you and reality

back in touch

I've got a university education

I've probably read more than you
It's funny you think we're backward
It's such a backward sort of view

Or that we all just mess around
We were probably making fun of you
Just a couple more things I hate to tell you are true


People ask me "Where's your accent?"
And I try to be polite

Even when they can't pronounce 'Newfoundland' right
And on Canada Day when you celebrate
We mourn those who died selflessly

At Beaumont Hamel, so we can all live in this land of the free

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Bridge:
We were all born orphans here

We were all born without love
So we learned how to love ourselves
And we learned how to rise above

So don't take this as patriotism
or as the words of a bitter man
I just know who I am


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