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A Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach

from Gulf of St. Lawrence by Crosscurrents Music

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Fish is low and flour is high is a sort of Canadian "Forty Cent Cotton and 'Leven Cent Meat". Long Beach is on the Southwest Arm running into Trinity Bay on the East Coast.

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A great big sea hove in Long Beach,
REFRAIN: Right fal-o-ral tad-dle did-dle i-do,
A great big sea hove in Long Beach,
And Granny Snooks she lost her speech,
REFRAIN:  To me right fol-di-dy fol-dee.

A great big sea hove in the Harbour
And hove right up to Keough's Parlour

Oh, Mother, dear I wants a sack
With beads and buttons down the back

"Me boot is broke, me frock is tore
But Georgie Snooks I do adore.

Oh, fish is low and flour is high
So Georgie Snooks he can't have I

But he will have me in the fall
If he don't I'll hoist my sail
And say goodbye to old Canaille.

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from Gulf of St. Lawrence, released January 17, 2021
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Crosscurrents Music Boston, Massachusetts

Lynn Noel brings traditional song and heritage arts online to create community. Lynn has a voice of striking clarity and power, equally at home in rhythmic chanteys and flowing ballads.

Lynn is a respected song session leader on both sides of the Atlantic and the producer and host of the Mermaid's Tavern online folk club. She is currently Program Chair of the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA). ... more

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