The Corries – Bound Down For Newfoundland (Guitar)

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On St. Patrick's Day, the seventeenth,

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From New York we set sail.

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Kind fortune did favour us

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With a sweet and pleasant gale,

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We bore away from Americay

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The wind being off the land.

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With courage brave we plouged the wave

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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Our captain's name was Nelson

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Just twenty years of age.

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As true, as brave a sailor lad

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As ever ploughed a wave,

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The Eveline our brig was called

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Belonging to McLean;

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With courage brave we ploughed the wave

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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When three days out, to our surprise,

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Our captain he fell sick.

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And shortly was not able

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To show himself on deck.

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The fever raged, which made us fear

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That death was near at hand

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We bore away from Halifax

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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We made the land, but knew it not

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For strangers we were all;

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Our captain was not able

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To come on deck at all.

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Then we were obliged to haul

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Our brig from off the land

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With laden hearts we put to sea

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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All that long night we ran our brig

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Till none o'clock next day.

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Our captain, on the point of death,

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To our record did say,

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"We'll bear away for Cape Canso

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Now, boys, come lend a hand

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And trim your topsail to the wind

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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At three o'clock we sighted a light

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Which we were glad to see.

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The smallpox it being raging

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(That's what it proved to be)

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And at four o'clock in the afternoon

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As judge as God's command

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We anchored her safe in Arichat

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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And for help and medicine

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Ashore then we did go.

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Our captain on the point of death

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Our sympathy to show,

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At five o'clock in the afternoon

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As judge as God's command

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In Arichat he breathed his last

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Bound down for Newfoundland.

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All that ling night we did lament

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For our departed friend

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And we were praying unto God

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For what had been his end.

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We'll pray the God will guide us

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And keep us by his hand

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And give us fair wind while at sea

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Bound down for Newfoundland.