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OUTPORT  PEOPLE

​Beginner                                  BA1 - Unit 4                (Practice) Song-Melody
Bud Davidge

​Accordion Notation  
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​Buttons 3 to 6
​Place first finger at button 3 and little finger at button 6
​
​The five verses of this song are not included in Unit 4, but will be included in the practice list for Unit 5.  You can ignore this verse until then.

Verse 1 of 5:


    .5         :5   .5     "5   ;4*    .4      :5   .5      :5
They're  out-port  peo-ple   with  out-port  ways, 


"4      "4        .4*   .4*     .4   .4*      .4     .3*     .4*   .4    .3*    :4* 
But there's   no-where  to   use  them  and   now  it's  too   late;


  "5     "5      .5     .5    .5     :5    .5      "5*  ;5     .5     :4
And  they  curse  on  the  one  who   ut-tered  the  phrase: 


 .4   .4* .4*  .4*     .4*     .4     .3* .4* .4    .3*     .:3    
Re-set-tle-ment  how  while  re-set-tle-ment  pays


This Chorus (1 of 3) is part of the practice list for Unit 4:

      '"5  '5     .5*    .5*  .5*    .6     .6*   .5*     .5*    .5     .5     :4 
       But you   can't  take   a      man  from   the    soil  where  he    grew,

       "5  "5      .5     .5   .5      .5*  .5   .4*    .4*     .4      .4*   :5 
       Lest you  know  how  to      so - lace  his   mind  when  you    do;

       "5  "5      .5*    .5*     .5*      .6    .6*    .5*      .5*   .5     .5     :4
​
       And  for   God's  sake  don't     say  how  much   green-er's   the   grass,
​

         "4     "4      .4* .4* .4*     .4*  .4   "3*  "3*    .4*  .4   .3*   .:3  
       'Cause those   up-root-ed      peo-ple   start   to   with - er   too   fast.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Eight embedded videos:    A = 2     D = 5     G = 1

Key:   A

​Singer:  Allison Crowe

​Posted by:  Allison Crowe

​Key:  A

Singer:  Earl Hussey

​Posted by:  eric21200

​Great job!


Key:  D

Singer:  Bud Davidgfe

​Group:  Simani

​Posted by:  Down Home Newfoundland

​Featuring Little Bay Islands (Ancestral NL home to thousands of us around the world).

Key:  D

Singer:  Bud Davidgfe
Group:  Simani

Accordion player:  Kevin Winters


​Posted by:  Kevin Winters

​Great accordion playing, with the great Bud Davidge and Simani as backing.

Key:  D

Group:  NL Cabin Boys?

​Posted by:  nlcabinboys535

Key: D

Singer:  Randy Dyke
​ 

Posted by:  Randy Dyke

Key:   D

Singer:  Terry Anstey

​Posted by:  Teryy Anstey

Key:  G

Group:  Outport Square Dancers

​Posted by: Diane Davis

Music starts at tome 0:38
The microphone  is picking up a lot of background noise; otherwise fine.  


Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:

Verse 1




Verse 2



​
Chorus 1




Verse 3




Verse 4




Chorus 2




Chorus 3

​​
They're outport people with outport ways,
But there's no way to use them and now it's too late;
And they curse on the one who utters the phrase:
Resettlement now while resettlement pays.

He sits on the dock and he looks 'cross the bay,
And he watches his memories as they pass on the waves;
And he wonders what cards fate might have dealt,
If he'd told those officials to go straight to hell.

      But you can't take a man from the soil where he grew,
      Lest you know how to solace his mind when you do;
      And for God's sake don't say how much greener's the grass,
      'Cause those uprooted people saw it wither too fast.


You can launch a house easy and tow it away,
But the home doesn't move, it continues to stay;
And the dollars you make sure they'll keep you alive,
But they won't soothe the heart and they can't ease the mind.

He sits on the plank and the memories roll,
The spring sun is shining - there's a lop in the cove;
And the shoreline is dotted with lobster pot buoys,
But his boat's full of weeds and there's tears in his eyes.

      You can't take a man from the life that he knows,
      And tear up his roots and expect him to grow;
      'Cause if he's unwillingly forced to decide,
      He'll move without leaving and never arrive.


      Don't take a man from the life that he knows,
      And tear up his roots and expect him to grow;
      And for God's sake don't say how much greener's the grass,
      'Cause those uprooted people start to weather too fast.
      Those uprooted people start to weather too fast.



Background Links:
Click HERE  for (wiki) biographical info on Simani (& Bud Davidge)

Click HERE for additional (wiki) info about NL outports.
​
Click HERE ​for (wiki) information about NL resettlement programs.

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SOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS
This web page is based primarily on Bud Davidge's   "A Songbook of Original Newfoundland Songs, Volume One" (pages 30-31), published bySWC Productions Publication (1996).

If you enjoy Bud Davidge's compositions and the music of SIMANI  (and I do), then you really should purchase their publications and music.  SIMANI CD's are available in music stores and many tourist establishments throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, and available at many online sites).  SIMANI's music can also be downloaded from various online sites, including Google Play,  and iTunes.
I also recommend Vinland Music's "SONGS OF NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR, Volume 3 - All Together Now" (pages 34 - 35), available in many music stores throughout NL, and online from Vinland.

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