WHEN I SAY I DO

01. Harbour Town 02. We'll All Come Back Again 03. When I Say "I Do" 04. L'Acadie 05. Angelina's Wish 06. It's Only Me 07. I Will 08. Come Away With Me 09. Arm Of Gold 10. Fait Do Do 11. Counting My Blessings In Twos 12. Geordie 13. I'm On My Way

1. Harbour Town (3:14) Doug Sampson/Dave Stone (S.O.C.A.N.) I'm drivin' down to my harbour town With my pockets full of home Gonna drink and play till the break of day And you know I won't be broken After ten long years on the western slope Chasing crude for Alberta's oil men I'm drivin' down to my harbour town Gonna look up all my old friends Chorus: We won't talk about the time we've lost We won't talk about tears we shed We'll have a drink for the ones we left And we'll toast the sun as she rises... Those wheat fields they glint of gold In the sun they shine like money For ten years I've staked my hopes On that land of milk and honey And a lot's gone down since I hit town Made some friends and met my wife But my harbour town, I'm turnin' 'round Headin' back to a simpler life And it's miles and miles of prarie skies And endless days of driving Come on old car, please take me far From the sounds of oil rigs whining Won't you carry me back to the sea And the sight of open water Take me down to my harbour town For to court the 'Devil's Daughter' 2. We'll all come back again (2:50) David Stone/Doug Sampson (S.O.C.A.N.) The years have come and gone Yesterdays alive and strong Mom and Dad and friends and school One day I left them all behind When the time was right to go I headed down that open road Said I'd make it back to you And be together one more time Chorus: And we'll all come back again Like we've never gone away Yes we'd all come back again We're leaving yesterday I remember how you'd say A couple of years or three away Time to change and time to grow And how you'd leave the rest behind And the bridges that you've burned They wouldn't lessen your return Open arms and hearts of gold We'll be together one more time 3. When I Say I Do (3:32) Cyril MacPhee/Arnold Sampson (S.O.C.A.N. - Brakin' Tradition Publishing) When I say I do to you, now you know it means forever When I give to you my heart, I give my only treasure When I promise you the stars you help me see a sky so blue Now we both know in our hearts that we'll never be apart When I say I do to you From the moment that we said hello I knew that I could never let you go I realized you were the one, you became my sole obsession Looking at you now I know that even when I'm far from you You'll be right here in my heart. Just remember what we start When I say I do to you Where do we go from here? God only knows Love and faith will guide us through the years We'll look toward forever Hand in hand we'll walk in laughter and in tears When I say I do to you Now you know it means forever You'll be right here in my heart Just remember what we start When I say I do to you You'll be right here in my heart Just remember what we start When I say I do to you 4. L'Acadie (3:12) Doug Sampson/V. Roger Stone (S.O.C.A.N. - Brakin' Tradition Publishing) Have you ever been here Where the cool Atlantic air Whispers L'acadie to those so far away from here Over 200 years and a thousand bitter tears Have failed to drown the pride of L'Acadie Woman, child and man Were taken from their land By men who got their orders From men beyond our borders Sweetheards watched from the shore Their loves to hold no more As they sailed from their hearts in L'Acadie Chorus: Hear our children play And we know they are here to stay Where their fathers return To their children and their lovers Sail back to the heart of L'Acadie Over 200 years and a thousand bitter tears The tongues that gave the orders Are threatening our borders And a powerful few With blood like me and you Should have learned a thing or two From L'Acadie Chorus: Hear our children play And we know they are here to stay Where their fathers return To their children and their lovers Sail back to the heart of L'Acadie A place for you and me is L'Acadie La place pour toi et moi est L'Acadie 5. ANGELINA'S WISH (3:44) W. Touesnard/A.Sampson (S.O.C.A.N. - Brakin' Tradition Publishing) Angelina was only 7 when we heard the news She was about to fight a battle and we knew she had to lose And we tried to hide the tears from her And she never once complained Our little girl grew stronger through her pain There was nothing we could do for Angelina Our love was all that we could give our girl And at nights while she lay sleeping there I'd watch her and I'd say a prayer And remember how she said she wished she could Chorus: Take a ride on an airplane with my Daddy I want to fly just like an angel in the sky Take a ride on an airplane and we'll fly right up to heaven Cause angels go to heaven when they fly There was a man who came to see our Angelina And he told me that he asked our little girl If there was anything she wanted in the whole wide world What would it be and she said let me please How I wish you could have seen our Angelina When we made her wish come true that very day Her eyes were bright and shining like the stars up in the heavens And though she's with the angels now I hear her say 6. It's Only Me (3:06) Cyril MacPhee/ Rosie Sampson/Doug Sampson (S.O.C.A.N. - Brakin' Tradition Publishing) It's been years since I have seen you And I wonder where you are And there's times when I would look around Thinking that you're there Sometimes I'd wake up in the middle of the night I'd be right beside you and I hope that you're all right Bridge: If you hear somebody talkin' to you It's only me And if you feel somebody walkin' with you It's only me And if you know somebody's touched you It's only me I heard an old song on the radio That brought back thoughts of you Good times that we had together And the crazy things we'd do I close my eyes and I can almost see your face I'm glad for somethings that even time cannot erase If you hear somebody talkin' to you It's only me And if you feel somebody walkin' with you It's only me If you hear somebody talkin' to you It's only me And if you feel somebody walkin' with you It's only me 7. I Will (2:30) Lennon/McCartney (Sony/ATV Songs LLC) Who knows how long I've loved you You know I love you still Will I wait a lonely lifetime If you want me to - I will For if I ever saw you I didn't catch your name But it never really mattered I will always feel the same Love you forever and forever Love you with all my heart Love you whenever we're together Love you when we're apart And when at last I find you Your song will fill the air Sing it loud so I can hear you Make it easy to be near you For the things you do endear you to me You know I will I will. 8. Will You Come Away With Me (2:54) David Stone/Darryl Landry (S.O.C.A.N.) (Madison Corp. Publishing) Our ship it waits along the quay To sail across the world today To lands that lie on yonder shores Upon an island fair The motherground that gave us birth Has turned her back and shunned our worth Forsaken now we'll cry the more And sail for western shores So will ye come away with me Chorus: Will ye come away with me My Bonnie Bonnie Lassie Will ye come away with me My Bonnie Bonnie girl They claimed our fields to graze their sheep For promises they'd never keep Of Better lives in Canada Then home in Caledonia So will ye come away with me Scotland will be just a memory The tides have changed for you and me And our new highland home will be Upon Cape Breton Isle So will ye come away with me 9. Arm of Gold (3:40) Wayne Touesnard/Cyril MacPhee/Paul Mills (S.O.C.A.N. - Brakin' Tradition Publishing) In old man sits in his kitchen And rosins up the bow As he draws it across the seasoned strings A tune comes soft and low His weathered old face was creased in pain But his fingers found their mark His fiddle sings as memories bring A tear there in the dark Memories of days gone by Some of happy, some of sad A slow air rings out through the night That he played once as a lad Every bounce of his bow sheds another year As his youth returns once more For the music takes him far away From the hard life on Bras d'Or Chorus: The music he played came from deep within As he fiddled the night away The old man bowed with his arm of gold And he'd touch you while he played Closing his eyes he sees this lad From down in Garry's Glen With fiddle in hand, a hunger burns He wants to play like him With each new day, a lessoned learned A new tune takes a hold The old man sees what we can't see This boy with an arm of gold His bow has drawn its last note out There's silence all around As the morning glow makes shadows fade He lays his fiddle down The tunes that came so easy then are harder now to play His arm of gold that played his soul Has played its last today 10. Fait Do Do (3:19) Brakin' Tradition(Cyril MacPhee/V. Roger Stone/Dave Forsey) (S.O.C.A.N. - Brakin' Tradition Publishing) When I was a young boy And Friday nights would come around I'd put on my dancing shoes And head for the edge of town People came from near and far Laughter filled the air Dance all night 'till the break of dawn No one seemed to care (We were) Down at the fait do do There's no place I'd rather go Fiddles playin' sweet and low Down at the fait do do There's a young girl waiting She's my sweet Marie Hair as black as a raven's wing Eyes as blue as blue can be We'd hold hands and we'd dance around We'd swing and promenade Seemed the night would never end As the vows of love were made (We were) Down at the fait do do There's no place I'd rather go Fiddles playin' sweet and low Down at the fait do do She promised that she'd wait for me But it was one she couldn't keep Her heart belongs to someone else Guess it was never meant to be Now when Friday night rolls 'round I go back to long ago I think about my sweet Marie Down at the fait do do (We were) Down at the fait do do There's no place I'd rather go Fiddles playin' sweet and low Down at the fait do do 11. Counting Your Blessings in Two's (3:28) Duncan Wells (S.O.C.A.N.) When I was a young man a-growin' I ran with the devil at night I believed all my sins were forgiven No Matter the choice of my crime A time that it was I felt sorry For nothing and no one but me Oh little thought I of a world passing by Or others who cried to be free Love was a foolish assumption And lovers were fools to assume Then Everything changed When a day finally came That I counted my blessings in twos My boat is asleep on the harbour The moon leaves a shimmer of light I watch from my door-step The night sky is one step Ahead of that devil tonight There once was a time I was careless A day when I squandered my youth Now all my time is spent wondering why It took so long finding the truth While some may still race with the devil Some search forever for peace Others confide they would be satisfied Finding some sense of release For love is not a foolish assumption And lovers not fools to assume Hearts will survive without reasoning why Counting their blessings in twos My boat is asleep on the harbour The moon leaves a shimmer of light I watch from my door-step The night sky is one step Ahead of the devil tonight 12. Geordie (3:53) Traditional As I rode over London bridge So earli in the morning Twas there I spied a fair young maid Lammenting for her Geordie What has he done who has he killed Has he murdered anybody Well he stole white pearls from the royal king Sold them in a hurry Go saddle up my milk-white steed Go saddle up my pony ive thousand pounds I will lay down For the life of the likes of Geordie The judge looked over his left shoulder The words he didn't save any I'm afeared you came too late fair maid Your loved-one's judged already Now the judge looked over his right shoulder The words he didn't save any Prepare yourself for death fair maid For mercy he shant have any If I had my Geordie on yonder plains The kisses I'd have many With a sword and a pistol by my side I'd die for my darling Geordie 13. I'm On My Way (4:10) Mark Haines (S.O.C.A.N.) Chorus: I'm on my way, and now I'm goin' Back to the place that I know well Folks I tell may say I'm crazy But all my friends, they wish me well I've been favoured at your table here I have feasted as your guest But there's a hunger in me burning Like a fire in my breast We are like a rolling river For years been flowing deep and strong And while the waters have been changing And for ever moving on Now the restless soul that's set to wander And weary feet that are bound to roam eave a heart forever yearning For the body knows no home

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