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T:I'se the B'y That Builds the Boat
B:Singing Together, Summer 1961, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:I'se the b'y that builds the boat, And I'se the b'y that sails her!
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w:I'se the b'y that catch-es the fish And takes them home to Li-zer.
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w:Hip yer part-ner, Sal-ly Tib-bo, Hip yer part-ner, Sal-ly Brown!
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w:For-go, Twill-in-gate, More-ton's Har-bour, All a-round the cir-cle.
W:I'se the b'y that builds the boat,
W:And I'se the b'y that sails her!
W:I'se the b'y that catches the fish
W:And takes them home to Lizer.
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo,
W:Hip yer partner, Sally Brown!
W:Forgo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour,
W:All around the circle.
W:
W:I took Lizer to a dance,
W:And faith! but she could travel!
W:Every step that she did take
W:Was up to her knees in gravel.
W:
W:Susan White, she's out of sight,
W:Her petticoat wants a border;
W:Old Sam Oliver in the dark
W:He kissed her in the corner.
W:
W:Flour and crumbs to cover the fish,
W:Cake and Tea for supper,
W:Cod fish in the spring o' the year
W:Fried in rancid butter.
W:
W:I don't want your rancid fish,
W:That's no good for winter,
W:I could buy as good as that
W:Down in Bonavista