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Chapter 8
SONGS /POEMS/ JOKES
Home Sweet Home To
Me
By Stanley
Stone
The curse of resettlement caused me to roam
From the land of my birth, the place I call home No more being contented,
no more feeling free Old Labrador, Home Sweet Home to me
The tall lofty mountains with their snow covered
crusts Where the Caribou roam, where the bald eagles nest Where the
brisk westerly wind blow down to the sea Old Labrador, Home Sweet Home to
me
With its wide rolling plains, its lakes and its
streams I ever so often see in my dreams Its deep luscious valleys,
way down below Where the spruce grouse take shelter in the woods and the
snow Where the porcupines feed on the bark of the tree Old Labrador,
Home Sweet Home to me
With its vast resources I often behold Water
power, iron ore, timber and gold With its inlets and fiords and its rough
terrain Such beautiful scenery is not often seen Where the great
ocean swell rolls in from the sea Old Labrador, Home Sweet Home to me
The long winter nights and the snow drifts so
high The full moon shines so bright in the star studded sky The
northern lights appear and dance in their glee Old Labrador, Home Sweet
Home to me
Its great sheltered bays, its islands and lakes
Where salmon and sea trout are there for to take Where great schools
of cod swim by in the sea Old Labrador, Home Sweet Home to me |