The year was 1991, we didn’t even have our first cd out yet, but Cable Atlantic approached us to do a 30 minute Sharecropper Special. The show was shown about a dozen times. Ed Humber,Guy Romaine and Mike Madigan have been together as The Sharecroppers Trio for 22 years this coming summer 2010.
******Newfoundland Autumn*****
Trees are turning early, and the hills are all ablaze,
The bogs are hard and frosty, and the ponds all topped with haze;
The moose stew is simmerin’ slowly, and the rabbit leads are fresh,
Cool, crisp air down in your lungs, can’t help but feel you’re blessed.
The wood is piling higher than the chimneys have been swept,
The stores are getting crowded with just sixty shopping days left;
The kids are getting anxious with the thought of jingle bells,
The mummers will show and old St. Nick, hope all the folks are well.
A Newfoundland autumn really makes you come alive,
The turres, the moose, the berries make you glad it has arrived;
With a beanie on your forehead and the vamps upon your feet,
Let’s head into the woods, boys, this life is hard to beat.
The almanac calls for weather that would make your skin turn blue,
All the better, says the boys, for weekends on ski-doo;
You can sit around and sulk and whine, and never do a thing,
Or grab a fiddle and tap those feet, and then begin to sing.
A Newfoundland autumn really makes you come alive,
The turres, the moose, the berries make you glad it has arrived;
With a beanie on your forehead and the vamps upon your feet,
Let’s head into the woods, boys, this life is hard to beat.
Now, you may think it’s crazy that a man would prefer this,
To the heat in a Florida condo or a walk on a sandy beach;
But the sights and the sounds of autumn are a treat on every shore,
Just take a deep breath and look around, and you’ll be back for more.
A Newfoundland autumn really makes you come alive,
The turres, the moose, the berries make you glad it has arrived;
With a beanie on your forehead and the vamps upon your feet,
Let’s head into the woods, boys, this life is hard to beat.
A Newfoundland autumn really makes you come alive,
The turres, the moose, the berries make you glad it has arrived;
With a beanie on your forehead and the vamps upon your feet,
Let’s head into the woods, boys, this life is hard to beat.
Let’s head into the woods, boys, this life is hard to beat.
[spoken: This life is some shockin' hard to beat.]
Let’s head into the woods, boys, this life is hard to beat.
Duration : 0:5:40
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