Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters

Subject: Bound for St Peters
From:
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 01:25 AM

Hiya. I am searching for the lyrics to "Bound for St Peters" as recorded by Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne.

Slainte

Dave

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 01:34 AM

Sorry, All I can find is THIS

Spaw

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: scouser 52
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 01:39 AM

Thank Spaw, it's start.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 13 Nov 01 - 06:47 PM

Found this, but no lyrics. Anyone have the album?

Lin

JIM PAYNE & FERGUS O'BYRNE "WAVE OVER WAVE"

Old and new songs of Atlantic Canada. Jim and Fergus share the lead vocals and provide great harmony and accompaniment for each other.

Contents: Heave Away; Net Hauling Song; Rig Worker's Alphabet; My Loving Little Sailor Boy; Cape Breton Silver; Double Sledder Lad; Jolly Roving Tar; Wave Over Wave; Big Bow Wow; Peter Emberly; Duffy's Hotel; Bound For St. Peter's

Subject: Lyr Add: BOUND FOR ST. PETERS
From: GUEST,Michael Rowsell
Date: 21 Jan 02 - 10:06 PM

Got here from the PermaThread of Unanswered Requests. Great idea!

Anyway, here are the lyrics to the song. The parts in () continue throughout the entire song in the same manner as the first two verses.

BOUND FOR ST. PETERS

We're bound for St. Peters for baccy and rum.
(Goodbye, fare ye well, goodbye, fare ye well.)
We're bound for St. Peters for baccy and rum.
(Hurrah, me boys, we're homeward bound.)

And when we are hauling up to the dock
(Goodbye, fare ye well, goodbye, fare ye well)
All the girls and the boys around us will flock.
(Hurrah, me boys, we're homeward bound.)

And one to the other you'll hear them all say,
"Here comes jolly Jack and his 18 months’ pay."

And when we are landed, we'll jump all ashore,
And head for the tavern. We'll walk in that door.

The landlord will greet us, his face all a smile,
Saying, "Drink up, ye sailors. It's worth all your while."

But quickly his smile will turn into a frown.
There's poor jolly Jack with his money all gone.

He'll then throw us out and the door he will lock.
Our pockets all empty, we'll head back to dock.

So 'tis out we are bound and 'tis out we must go.
'Tis out we are bound and we cannot say no.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 22-Jan-02.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: MARINER
Date: 22 Jan 02 - 04:50 PM

I would recommend that album (Wave over Wave)to anyone.I saw them perform in Wexford about two years ago and bought the c.d at the gig.In my humble opinion it's one of the best folk albums of the past 10 years.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: MMario
Date: 22 Jan 02 - 04:53 PM

tune?

Subject: Tune Add: BOUND FOR ST. PETERS
From: Snuffy
Date: 22 Jan 02 - 07:51 PM

This tune is from Hugill (where it's called Goodbye, Fare-Ye-Well). More or less similar verses IIRC. Sorry I haven't time to make a midi at the moment.

X: 37
T:Goodbye, Fare-Ye-Well (a)
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:A
A|
(DF)A|(AG)A|(BA)=G|F2 A|
A=G F|=G2 B| BA =G|F2 A|
A2 A|(AG)A|(Bc) B|A2 d|
c2 A|B2 G|(Ac) B|A2 ||

WassaiL! V

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: GEST
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 01:24 PM

Resurrecting a seven-year-old thread in order to include a YouTube video embedded at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador in reply to MMario's post:

http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/25/bound.htm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: GEST
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 10:10 AM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bound for St Peters
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 11:09 AM

St. Pierre (St.Peters), a French isle of the coast of Newfoundland is and was a smugglers paradise for rum and tobacco. It was from here that the rum runners of prohibition days picked up a large portion of their cargo, destined for Canada and the USA.