THOSE LONG WINTERS
(J. Wilson, S. Buckley & J. Genoa)
© Ochiltree 136 Publishing (2004)

Well there was Angus who came frae Ayrshire,
he’d got work in a boatyaird on the Clyde
Well he packed it in lads when he came to Canada,
took a Guelph lass for his bride

Well there was Delroy from the Manchester area,
toiled in Bauxite back a’yard
Had a wife name Marcia and three pickneys
Came a’ Toronto and it was hard
For those long winters can make you homesick –
can make you long for the ones you love
But come the springtime, you start to wonder:
maybe here can be home

And there was Franco from Calabria
in his garden is where he spent his time
Crossed the Atlantic and with these same hands
he helped to build this city’s subway line. . .

And now Angus sails Ontario –
Delroy’s oldest plays goal in "Junior B"
The fruit of Franco tastes like no other –
and there’s no other place they’d rather be

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From the Album: DREAD & BLUE: A CANADIANA SUITE