When first I came to Caledonia And I got loadin' at number 3 I got lodging from Donny Norman He had a daughter could make good tea And it was me and my brother Charlie 2 bigger shavers you ne'er did see Spearing eels in the month of April Starving slaves out on Scatarie I went to Norman to buy some brochan A cake of soap and a pound of tea But Norman said I could not have them 'Til fish got plenty on Scatarie So I went over to the big harbour I only went for to see the spray I saw a maid from Bouladrie over She looked to me like the Queen of May If I had pen from Pennsylvania And I had paper so snowy white And I had ink of a rosy morning A true love letter to you I'd write I put my foot on the deepest ocean As far from land as I once could be Sailin' over the deepest water A woman's love never bothered me I set my head to a cask of brandy And it's a dandy I do declare For when I'm drinking I'm sad and thinking How I could gain that young lady fair. When first I came to Caledonia And I got loadin' at number 3 I got lodging from Donny Norman He had a daughter could make good tea