was just a year ago today

i left my emerald isle

to the shores of lovely newfoundland

i traveled many some miles

the people there they welcomed me

with open heart and hand

sure i thought that i was home again

in dear old ireland

there's kelly's murphy's and malones

o'brien's and o'er hare

as fine a bunch of lads me boys as ever can compare

as farmers and as fishermen

they came across the sea

to this island they called newfoundland

my second home to me

from her pine clad hills and mountain glens

to the shores of shingling sand

god bless and

keep you as you are

we love you new found land

from corner brook to carbon air

and on to old saint john

you'll always find a welcome there

and hear some irish songs

it lifts my heart and it fills my eyes

to hear those songs again

and it makes us proud that we can say we are irishmen

when the time has come

and i must go to my land across the sea

this lovely isle of new found land

will still be calling me

from her pine clad hills and mountain glens

to the shores of shingling sand

god bless and

keep you as you are

we love you new found land

from her pine clad hills and mountain glens

to the shores of shingling sand

god bless and

keep you as you are

we love you new found land

god bless and

keep you as you are

we love you new found land