[ti:England]
[ar:Great Big Sea]
[al:Fortune's Favour]

[00:02.00]Great Big Sea - England
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[00:24.40]We shipped on board the Maryanne
[00:28.65]To find a better life
[00:32.24]And we walked across the water
[00:35.89]When she broke up on the ice
[00:39.53]We came ashore in Carbonear
[00:43.26]With nothing but our rights
[00:46.82]And I wondered if I e'er again
[00:50.58]Would see my London lights
[00:54.00]We were far from the shores of England
[00:57.60]Far from our children and wives
[01:01.60]To play our hand in the Newfoundland
[01:05.09]Where the wind cuts like a knife
[01:08.81]We were far from the shores of England
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[01:15.22]We spend our days amid the waves
[01:18.98]Working water, hook and twine
[01:22.58]We would go for weeks with blistered cheeks
[01:26.07]Waiting for the sun to shine
[01:29.91]But as long as the sky hold over us
[01:33.60]We will not taste the brine
[01:37.24]And we'll curse the cod
[01:39.15]With the fear of God
[01:40.95]As we haul in every line
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[01:44.67]We were far from the shores of England
[01:48.30]Far from our children and wives
[01:52.02]To play our hand in the Newfoundland
[01:55.69]Where the wind cuts like a knife
[01:59.22]We were far from the shores of England
[02:03.04]Far from our native soil
[02:06.67]To chase a wish and hunt the Fish
[02:10.29]And on the rocks to toil
[02:13.70]We were far from the shores of England
[02:18.60]
[02:32.70]Should we find Fortune's Favour
[02:36.87]And be spared from the gale
[02:40.36]We will live off honest labour
[02:43.98]With our hearts as big as sails
[02:47.62]But if I should die don't bury me
[02:51.40]Or leave me to the sea
[02:54.94]Please send my bones back to my home
[02:58.72]Where my spirit can be free
[03:02.51]We were far from the shores of England
[03:06.39]Far from our children and wives
[03:09.86]To play our hand in the Newfoundland
[03:13.47]Where the wind cuts like a knife
[03:17.02]We were far from the shores of England
[03:20.80]Far from our native soil
[03:24.38]To chase a wish and hunt the Fish
[03:28.18]And on the rocks to toil
[03:31.74]We were far from the shores of England
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