#493 YouTube video by quickaccent2006 ℗2009 ~ Used with permission ~ |
Ye ladies and ye gentlemen,
I pray you lend an ear,
While I locate the residence
of a lovely charmer fair;
The curling of her yellow locks
first stole my heart away,
And her place of habitation
is down in Logy Bay.
It was on a summer's evening
this little place I found,
I met her agèd father,
who did me sore confound;
Saying, "If you address my daughter,
I'll send her far away,
And she never will return again
while you're in Logy Bay."
How could you be so cruel
as to part me from my love?
Her tender heart beats in her breast
as constant as a dove;
Oh, Venus was no fairer,
nor the lovely month of May,
May heaven above shower down its love
on the star of Logy Bay.
'Twas on the very next,
he went down to St John's town,
And engaged for her a passage
in a vessel outward bound;
He robbed me of my heart's delight
and sent her far away,
And he left me here downhearted
for the star of Logy Bay.
Oh, now I'll go a-roaming,
I can no longer stay,
I'll search the wide world over
in every country;
I'll search in vain thro' France
and Spain, likewise America,
Till I will sight my heart's delight,
the star of Logy Bay.
Now to conclude and finish,
the truth to you I'll tell,
Between Torbay and Outer Cove,
'tis where my love did dwell;
The finest girl e'er graced our Isle,
so every one did say,
May heaven above send down its love
on the star of Logy Bay.
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Variants were collected from William O'Driscoll [1893-1979] of Tors Cove, and May Whalen [1915-1997] of Cape Broyle, NL, and published in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada, ©2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA).#1895: YouTube video by quickaccent2006 ℗2011 ~ Used with permission ~ |
#1616: YouTube video by TheNewfoundlandMusic ℗2016 ~ Used with permission ~ |
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The video below features a recording of a variant by Eddie Coffey (Souvenir of Newfoundland, 1996 CD, Scarborough, ON: Heritage Music HCD 4422.#375 YouTube video by NLTreasure ℗2008 ~ Used with permission ~ |
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