When First I Came to Caledonia

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When first I came to Caledonia And I got loading at number three And I got lodging with Donald Norman He had a daughter could make good tea And it was me and me brother Charlie Two bigger shavers you ne'er did see We're spearing eels in the month of April And starving slaves out on Scataree I went to Norman to buy some brochan (brogues and) A cake of soap and a pound of tea But Norman said that I could not have them Till fish got plenty on Scataree So I went over to the big harbour I only went for to see the spray I saw a maid from Boulardrie over She looked to me like the queen of May If I had pen from Pennsylvania And I had paper so snowy white And I had ink of rosy morning A true love letter to you I'd write I put my foot on the deepest ocean As far from land as once I could be A-sailing over the deepest water A woman's love'd never bother me I set my head to a cask of brandy And it's a dandy I do declare For when I'm drinking I'm sad and thinking How I could gain that young lady fair