Product Description
A Newfoundland Christmas song about wishing to be back home for Christmas.
THEYLL BE ON THE ROCK THIS CHRISTMAS
words and music by David Kai ©1997
Theyll come from far as Whitehorse and as close as Sydney Mines,
Theyre packing up their suitcases and their boxes tied with twine,
Theyre getting on those airplanes, Dash 8s and DC 9s,
Driving to the ferry docks and theyre waiting there in line.
And they'll be on the Rock this Christmas, where stars shine twice as bright,
They'll be on the Rock this Christmas, greeting mummers every night,
Yarning round the wood stove, eating partridgeberry pie,
And Ill be wondering Why, oh why arent I?
Cause Ill be in the factory, pulling double overtime,
No one wants the Christmas shift so I guess that makes it mine,
Late tonight Ill light a candle in my lonely room,
And think of those who are traveling home, cause I know that very soon,
That they'll be on the Rock this Christmas, where stars shine twice as bright,
Yeah, they'll be on the Rock this Christmas, greeting mummers every night,
Yarning round the wood stove eating partridgeberry pie,
And Ill be wondering Why, oh why arent I?
Ive got to get there somehow, this poor souls just too homesick,
My busted car wont take me far, but my thumb will do the trick.
Ill call the boss from Port aux Basques, hope hes in the mood to see,
Though I may choose to leave the Rock, its the Rock that wont leave me.
And I'll be on the Rock this Christmas, where stars shine twice as bright,
Yeah, I'll be on the Rock this Christmas, greeting mummers every night,
Yarning round the wood stove, eating partridgeberry pie,
And no more wondering Why, oh why arent I?
Optional extra chorus:
And we'll be on the Rock this Christmas, where stars shine twice as bright,
Yeah, we'll be on the Rock this Christmas, greeting mummers every night,
Yarning round the wood stove, eating partridgeberry pie,
And no more wondering Why, oh why arent I?
Tag: No, no more wondering Why, oh why arent I?
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