Peter Emberly

 
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My name is Peter Emberly as you might understand 
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I was born in Prince Edward Island down by the ocean strand 
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In eighteen-hundred and eighty when the flowers were in bloom 
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I left my native country my fortune to pursue 
 

 
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I landed in New Brunswick that lumbering country 
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I had to work in the Lumberwoods down by the Miramichi 
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I had to work in the Lumberwoods to cut the tall spruce down 
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While loading teams of the yarded logs I recieved my fateful crown 
 

 
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There's danger on the ocean where the waves roll mountains high 
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There's danger in the battlefield where the angry bullets fly 
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There's danger in the Lumberwoods for death lies silent there 
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And I have fell a victim to danger's deadly snare 
 

 
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Here's adieu to old Prince Edward Island that garden in the sea 
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No more will I walk on her flowery banks or enjoy a pleasant dream 
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No more will I view her gallant ships as they go sailing by 
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With banners floating in the breeze above the canvas sky 
 

 
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Here's adieu to all my youngest friends and my island girl so true 
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Long may they live to grace the isle where first my breath I drew 
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And the world will go on just the same when I have passed away 
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What signifies a mortal man who's origins are claimed 
 

 
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My name is Peter Emberly as you might understand 
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I was born in Prince Edward Island down by the ocean strand 
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In eighteen-hundred and eighty when the flowers were in bloom 
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I left my native country my fortune to pursue 
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I left my native country my fortune to pursue