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WON’T BE COMING BACK
Gary O'Driscoll © 1979
CHAPEAU ROUGE MUSIC (SOCAN)
[Verse 1]
My father was a fisherman
Likewise his father before
But I’m bound away to earn my pay
And I Won’t be coming back any more

[Verse 2]
The fishing was hard and the work was slow
And the merchants wouldn’t pay any more
So I headed down to Boston town
And I Won’t be coming back any more

[Chorus]
I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back any more

[Verse 3]
They told us all to “burn our boats”
We’d never again be poor
But I headed down to old Hog Town
And I Won’t be coming back any more

[Chorus]
I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back any more

[Verse 4]
They moved us away from our islands
And shifted us to the shore
And to Labrador to dig iron ore
And I Won’t be coming back any more

[Chorus]
I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back any more

[Verse 5]
Well I love my island dearly
But I can’t find work any more
So like the rest I’m headed west
And I Won’t be coming back any more

[Chorus]
I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back any more

[Chorus]
I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back
No I won’t be coming back any more
Any more