The Russell CeltFest, 2007

Newfie Fog at the 2007 Russell CeltFest

At the Russell CeltFest, 2007
by Johnny Burke (1851-1930)

Lyrics:

I 'm a young married man that is tired of life
Ten years I've been wed to a miserable wife
She does nothing all day but sit down   more...and cry
And prays up to Heaven that soon she will die

Chorus:
Doctor, o doctor, o dear Doctor John
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong
I'm afraid of me life, I'll go down in the soil
If me wife keeps on drinking your cod liver oil

Well a friend of my own came to see me one day
He told my darlin' was pining away
He afterwards told me that she would get strong
If only I'd get a bottle from dear Doctor John

Chorus

It was then that I purchased a bottle to try
The way that she drank it you'd think she would die
I bought her another it vanished the same
O me wife she's got cod liver oil on the brain

Chorus

That me wife loves cod liver there isn't a doubt
And a few thousand gallons has made her quite stout
And now that she's stout it's made her quite strong
And now I'm jealous of dear Doctor John

Chorus

My house it resembles a medicine shop
It's covered with bottles from bottom to top
But then in the mornin' the kettle do boil
O you're sure it's singin' of cod liver oil

Chorus  less

At the Russell CeltFest, 2007

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Newfie Fog at the 2007 Russell CeltFest

Newfie Fog at the the 2007 Russell CeltFest