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Cliffs of Baccalieu
Kim Stockwood
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We were bound home in October from the shores of Labrador
Trying to head a bad Nor'easter and snow, too
But the wind swept down upon us making day as dark as night
Just before we made the land of Baccalieu
We thought we'd made the Island as we hauled her farther South
And the gale from out the Nor'east harder blew
But the lookout quickly shouted and there lay dead ahead
Through the snow squalls loomed the rocks of Baccalieu
It was hard down by with tiller and we struggled with the sheets
Doing our best to haul them in a foot or two
And our decks soon sharply tilted till twas' hard to keep your feet
As we hauled her from the rocks of Baccalieu
Oh the leeward pulled the breakers to win'ard was the gale
The sleet and snow would cut you through and through
With our lee rails two feet under and two hands at the wheel
We hauled her from the rocks of Baccalieu
Oh to leeward was the island and to win'ard was the gale
And the blinding sleet would cut you through and through
But our hearts were beating gladly for no longer could we gaze
Down to leeward at the rocks of Baccalieu
Down to leeward at the rocks of Baccalieu
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