Is a common question amongst Newfies up here living on 'the Mainland'

It’s something that only a Newfoundlander would understand

Usually every one answers “yes b’y you knows for sure”

“I’ll be goin’ till the day I dies for ever more”

“Are you flyin’ or drivin’ there”, they’ll also ask

“Not sure yet, depends on the price of gas”

For most people it’s to the cottage or down South

But almost every Newfie likes to go home I don’t doubt

There’s nothing like having ‘Jig’s Dinner’ or ‘Coldplates’ on the rock

You’re havin such a good time, no need to look at a clock

Everyone is welcoming and invites you in for a cup of tea

Or a drink and a jig depending on ‘who you be’

I LOVE going home summertime and try to do it at least every 2nd year

My son loves it too even though he was born here

'A Newfies a Newfie’ wherever you live

To have my parents live closer is a wish I would give~


Alicia ‘Celeste’ Loughrey
Ajax, ON (formerly of Northern Bay, CBN, NL)
  Submitted By: Alicia "Celeste" Loughrey