Out From St Leonards

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In the mid-1960s, the news rang 
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out clear,
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Pack your bags and your nets, you 
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must get out of here;
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Take your picks and your shovels, 
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your rakes and your hoes,
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The government says you must pack
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 up and go.

[Verse 2]
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Well, the news it soon spread to 
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the harbours and coves,
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That the young crowd were leaving 
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in hordes and in droves;
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For to go to Toronto to follow 
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their goals,
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Or to go to Placentia to live on 
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the dole.

[Chorus]
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And it's out from St Leonard's and 
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out from Toslow,
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They'd steam 'cross the bay with 
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their houses in tow;
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With their beds in the bow and 
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their stoves in the stern,
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.

[Verse 3]
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Now, Skipper Jim Pittman he said 
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he wouldn't go,
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While there's nets to be mended 
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and hay to be mowed;
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He said he'd never work, no matter
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 the pay,
Continues after the ad
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In some hockey stick factory out 
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Stephenville way.

[Chorus]
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And it's out from St Leonard's and 
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out from Toslow,
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They'd steam 'cross the bay with 
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their houses in tow;
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With their beds in the bow and 
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their stoves in the stern,
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.

[Verse 4]
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Now, on all politicians they 
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cursed and they swore,
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They rather would fight off in 
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some distant war;
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For when they ceased to ramble and 
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they ceased to roam,
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They'd like to return to a place 
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they called home.

[Chorus]
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And it's out from St Leonard's and 
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out from Toslow,
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They'd steam 'cross the bay with 
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their houses in tow;
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With their beds in the bow and 
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their stoves in the stern,
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.

[Verse 5]
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Now the islands and harbours and 
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coves are ghost towns,
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You need a longliner to harvest 
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the ground;
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And a big oil refinery now stands 
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as a shrine,
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To the daughters and sons who 
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remember the time.

[Chorus]
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And it's out from St Leonard's and 
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out from Toslow,
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They'd steam 'cross the bay with 
        Em        A
their houses in tow;
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With their beds in the bow and 
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their stoves in the stern,
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.

[Chorus]
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And it's out from St Leonard's and 
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out from Toslow,
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They'd steam 'cross the bay with 
        Em        A
their houses in tow;
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With their beds in the bow and 
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their stoves in the stern,
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.

[Other]
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.
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Bound away with their sons and 
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their daughters.