Tribute to Newfoundland: "My Island Home"

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Everett Adams' song "My Island Home" is an epic tribute to Newfoundland! Come take a drive around Canada's special "Island Home" and Listen along! Sung by John Lane. Enjoy scenery of Newfoundland - the water, the seagulls, the birds, the flowers - that makes you realize that this province is one of Canada's most amazing gems.
Many thanks to GMC for permission to use some of their footage from the GMC 2019 Sierra B-roll in my video, filmed in beautiful Newfoundland that added so much to the feeling of driving around the Island...Courtesy of GMC General Motors Canada (GMC media site: https://bit.ly/3j9MkiI)

"My Island Home"
I've seen the mighty ocean
slap the rugged shore,
I've seen the seagull flying
and watched the eagle soar;
I've heard the wind blowing
among the balsam fir,
Knowing this is part of Canada
and I'm a part of her.

Now Canada's a mighty country
of which we are a part,
There's no other quite like her,
I love her with all my heart;
But there is one part of her
that I love most of all,
It's the little isle of Newfoundland,
can't you hear her homing call?

Her water's unpolluted and so is her air,
While one tastes like wine
and the other's crystal clear;
There's peace and quiet wherever you roam,
Now is it any wonder I chose it for my home?

In the year of nineteen forty-nine
we joined this nation grand,
In the tenth and final province,
this isle of Newfoundland;
And though a mighty nation
this Canada may be,
The little isle of Newfoundland
is always home to me.

Her water's unpolluted and so is her air,
While one tastes like wine
and the other's crystal clear;
There's peace and quiet wherever you roam,
Now is it any wonder I chose it for my home?

I've been to Quebec and Ontario
with riches on every side,
B.C. and the prairies
where the land is flat and wild;
I've been to the Maritimes
with scenery so grand,
But none can take the place
of my isle of Newfoundland.

Her water's unpolluted and so is her air,
While one tastes like wine
and the other's crystal clear;
There's peace and quiet wherever you roam,
Now is it any wonder I chose it for my home?

written by Everett Adams, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL

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