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 reasons why

I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sands

There's no place I would rather be then here in Newfoundland

I spent some time in New York state and nearly lost my mind

The city life's too fast for me, nobody had the time

Cement and steel and flashing lights was all that I could see

It may be 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 reasons why

I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sands

There's no place I would rather be then here in Newfoundland

In Montreal, the frenchmen say that they own Labrador

Including Indian Harbor where my father fished before

And if they want to fight for her well I'll surely make a stand

And they'll regret the day they tried to take 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 reasons why

I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sands

There's no place I would rather be then here in Newfoundland

Now that the oil that's on our shore we better take the time

To develop 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 reasons why

I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sands

There's no place I would rather be then 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 reasons why

I'm free as the wind and the waves that wash the sands

There's no place I would rather be then here in Newfoundland

There's no place I would rather be then here in Newfoundland