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{st:Ignatius Patrick Matthews (1950-2011)}
When [C]we were just kids out [F]jiggin' for [C]tom cods,
[C]Seemed like there [C]was nothing [D7]left for to [G]do [G]
If [C]you've mind to gather and [F]set at my [C]table,
[C]Here is the story I'll [G]tell unto [C]you [C]
Our [C]father he died in a [F]town they call [C]Gander,
[C]We were just kids, much [D7]too young to [G]care [G]
Our [C]mother got killed by [F]thunder and [C]lightning,
[C]Sometime in August the [G]following [C]year [C]
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[F]Oh, those memories don't [C]bring us much [G]joy [G]
[C]Back in the days when we were both [G]boys [G]
No [F]turkey for Christmas but [C]we'll putter [G]through [G]
We'd [C]sit at the table and [G]eat seagull [C]stew [C]
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Our [C]sister was Madeline, [F]scarcely [C]sixteen,
[C]Working for the family in the [D7]Copper Cove [G]mine [G]
She [C]had to come home, look [F]after four [C]children,
[C]Scarce was the money and [G]hard were the [C]times [C]
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[F]Oh, those memories don't [C]bring us much [G]joy [G]
[C]Back in the days when we were both [G]boys [G]
No [F]turkey for Christmas but [C]we'll putter [G]through [G]
We'd [C]sit at the table and [G]eat seagull [C]stew [C]
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We [C]used to get up at [F]four every [C]morning,
The [C]dog and the bunker to the [D7]woods we would [G]go [G]
To [C]get us some dry wood to [F]chop up as [C]kindle,
To [C]light up the fire in our [G]Waterloo [C]stove [C]
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[F]Oh, those memories don't [C]bring us much [G]joy [G]
[C]Back in the days when we were both [G]boys [G]
No [F]turkey for Christmas but [C]we'll putter [G]through [G]
We'd [C]sit at the table and [G]eat seagull [C]stew [C]
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We [C]used to go over to [F]Mister Bill [C]Martin's,
A [C]gallon of kerosene [D7]set in the [G]gloom [G]
He [C]said, "Sure young Matt is too [F]bright for the [C]rabbits,
[C]Haul a great blanket on [G]over the [C]moon” [C]
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[F]Oh, those memories don't [C]bring us much [G]joy [G]
[C]Back in the days when we were both [G]boys [G]
No [F]turkey for Christmas but [C]we'll putter [G]through [G]
We'd [C]sit at the table and [G]eat seagull [C]stew [C]
We'd [C]sit at the table and [G]eat seagull [C]stew
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