Music - Jim Long's Stage

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Words to Old Newfoundland Songs
Heard Around the Bonavista Bay Region

DOWN BY JIM LONG'S STAGE
(author unknown , but possibly the work of Mark Walker)

As I roved out one day in June,
'Twas down by Jim Long's stage,
I met my true love's father
All in a frightful rage.
His eyes shot blood and slaughter,
As these words he spoke to me,
"Young man, you wants me daughter,
But you never can wed she."

For a better man I'm searchin'
For she must wed the best,
I intend her for a merchant
Who lives in Bonavist".
Says I :" I'll win Eliza
Tho 'tis against your will,
And I'll build a fairy bower
For her on notchy hill.

Beyond the Plate Cove Mountains,
Where the pleasant waters flow
I'll build a home for 'Lisa
Where the great big birches grow.
And 'twill be a happy homestead,
No trouble and no strife,
For I mean to have Eliza,
To be my darlin' wife."

With that her father smiled on me
Sayin' : "Young man you need not rove,
You're the bravest youth from Red Cliff
Right round to Western Cove.
And that man in Bonavista,
I didn't mean at all.
So you can have Eliza,
And wed her in the fall."

Contributed by Martha Warren

Page Revised: July 2002 (Don Tate)

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Presented by the Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site to assist you in researching your Family History

Words to Old Newfoundland Songs Heard Around the Bonavista Bay Region

DOWN BY JIM LONG'S STAGE (author unknown , but possibly the work of Mark Walker)

Presented by the
Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site
to assist you in researching your Family History

Words to Old Newfoundland Songs
Heard Around the Bonavista Bay Region

DOWN BY JIM LONG'S STAGE
(author unknown , but possibly the work of Mark Walker)