MY ISLAND HOME<br /> <br /> I'VE SEEN THE MIGHTY OCEAN SLAP THE RUGGED SHORE<br /> I'VE SEEN THE SEAGULL FLYING AND WATCHED THE EAGLE SOAR<br /> I'VE HEARD THE WIND BLOWING AMONG THE BALSAM FIR<br /> KNOWING THIS IS PART OF CANADA AND I'M A PART OF HER<br /> <br /> NOW CANADA'S A MIGHTY COUNTRY OF WHICH WE ARE A PART<br /> THERE'S NO OTHER QUITE LIKE HER, I LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART<br /> BUT THERE IS ONE PART OF HER THAT I LOVE MOST OF ALL<br /> IT'S THE LITTLE ISLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND,CAN'T YOU HEAR HER HOMING CALL<br /> CHORUS<br /> HER WATER IS UNPOLLUTED AND SO IS HER AIR<br /> WHILE ONE TASTE LIKE WINE AND THE OTHER CRYSTAL CLEAR<br /> THERE'S PEACE AND QUIET WHERE EVER YOU ROAM<br /> NOW IS IT ANY WONDER I CHOSE HER FOR MY HOME<br /> <br /> IN THE YEAR OF 1949 WE JOINED THIS NATION GRAND<br /> 'CAME THE TENTH AND FINAL PROVINCE THIS ISLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND<br /> AND THOUGH A MIGHTY NATION THIS CANADA MAY BE<br /> THE LITTLE ISLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND IS ALWAYS HOME TO ME<br /> REPEAT CHORUS<br /> I'VE BEEN TO QUEBEC AND ONTARIO WITH RICHES ON EVERY SIDE<br /> B.C AND ON THE PRAIRIE WHERE THE LAND IS FLAT AND WIDE<br /> I'VE BEEN TO THE MARITIMES WITH SCENERY SO GRAND<br /> BUT NONE CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF MY ISLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND<br /> REPEAT CHORUS(c)EVERETT ADAMS   Submitted By: Everett Adams