Joe
- Eric Surrett

There's a song he's been singing for the last three year or more
About his old horse and wagon, and some Portuarican whore
Well I don't always know what he's thinking when he downs that 74
But by the look in his eyes always gives him away, he's a damn good friend for sure

(chorus)
Oh hey Joe, make that old guitar go
I'll be joing you at the tavern in a half 'n hour or so
I'll bring along my guitar and you bring along your soul
And then through the night we'll be feeling alright
And we'll play all the songs that we know

He's moving it down the Greenville road in that ol'47 Dodge
Trucking a load of timber to some Fundy sea-side lodge
He's whistling away a highway tune hoping that he'll be home soon
Well it's song that go sold and road over road, that how I best know Joe

(chorus)

He's got a fine old horse named "Tony" and he know about gee and haul
But the man from the welfare couldn't quiet belive what he saw
For that man living in the teepee on the Surrett Island shore
Why that's my ol'pal Joe and his old dirty cloths always one step ahead of the law

(chorus)


Jolly Roving Tar
- traditional

Ships May Come, and ships may go,
As long as the seas do roll.
Each sailor lad, just like his dad,
He loves the Flowing bowl.
A trip ashore, he does adore,
With a girl that's plump and Round.

(chorus)
But when your money's all gone
It's the same old song:
'Get up Jack; John, sit down'.
Come along, come along
Me jolly brave boys,
There's lots more grog in the jar.
We'll plow the briny ocean
With a jolly rovin' tar

When Jack gets in, It's then he'll steer
For some old boarding house.
He's welcomed in, with Rum and Gin,
They'll feed him on Pork Scouse.
He'll lend and spend, and never offend
Till he lies drunk on the ground

(chorus)


John A. Monroe
- traditional

The skull and bones were carried to town likewise some clothes and hair
Right well it told that a foul deed had been committed there.
The evidence so well agreed the jury found also
That Miss Vail and child had been murdered by the rich John A. Munroe.

The jury found him guilty for the crime that he had done
The rope was placed around his neck; John A. Munroe was hung
And when he knew that he must die, deny it he did not
He said he murdered first the child and then the mother shot.

On February fourteenth at 8 A.M. they say
May God have mercy on his soul on that great Judgment Day
May God have mercy on his soul for the crime that he has done,
The rope was placed around his neck, John A. Munroe was hung.


(* song of a murder which occured in New Brunswick in 1868)


Jolly Tinker
- traditional arr. Fred Jorgensen

There was a pretty maiden, she was going to a ball
She saw a jolly tinker hammering tins against the wall

(chorus)
Mushem rare oh Donald Dee
Good enough said she
There's good blood in young Donald Dee
He's the boy for me

He thumped her through the kitchen and he thumped her through the hall
He thumped her through the parlor room 'til the servants cried (chorus)

She then went up the stairs to dress and make her bed
And so he exceeded after her and knocked her around the head (chorus)

She then went down the stairs to boldly lock the door
And so he exceeded after her and knocked her around the floor (chorus)

She then got him arrestedand he got nine months in jail
She went out behind his back to another one out on bail (chorus)


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