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 my brother Charlie
Two big ashavers you ne'er did see
We're spearing eels in the month of April
And starving sleighs out on Scattery
I went to Norman's to buy some brogues I
A cake of salt and a pound of tea
But Norman said that I could not have them
Till fish got plenty on Scattery
So I went over to the big harbour
I only went for to see the spray
I saw a maid from Buadry over
She looked to me like the Queen of May
If I had come from Pennsylvania
And I had paper so snowy white
And I had ink of a rosy morning
A true love letter to you I'd write
I'd 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 would never bother me
I'd set my head to a cask of brandy
And it's a dandy I do declare
For when I'm drinking I'm seldom thinking
How I could gain that young lady fair
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