The Islander

I'm a Newfoundlander born and bred and I'll be one till I die I'm proud to be an Islander and here's the reason why I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sand There's no place I would rather be than here in Newfoundland I spent some time in New York state I nearly lost my mind The city life's too fast for me nobody had the time Cement and steel and flashng lights was all that I could see It maybe good for New York state but it's no damn good for me I'm a Newfoundlander born and bred and I'll be one till I die I'm proud to be an Islander and here's the reason why I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sand There's no place I would rather be than here in Newfoundland In Montreal the Frenchmen say that the they own Labrador Including Indian Harbor where my father fished before And if they want to fight for her then I'll surely make a stand And they'll regret the day they tried to talk our Newfoundland I'm a Newfoundlander born and bred and I'll be one till I die I'm proud to be an Islander and here's the reason why I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sand There's no place I would rather be than here in Newfoundland, yap! Now that the oil on our shore we better take the time To develope it more carefully or else you're going to find What could have been the answer to our poor economy Has changed our way of living and destroyed our fishery I'm a Newfoundlander born and bred and I'll be one till I die I'm proud to be an Islander and here's the reason why I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sand There's no place I would rather be than here in Newfoundland I'm a Newfoundlander born and bred and I'll be one till I die I'm proud to be an Islander and here's the reason why I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sand There's no place I would rather be than here in Newfoundland There's no place I would rather be... than here in Newfoundland...