CZTERY REFY - Ise The Bye

Ise the Bye

Words & music traditional

Ise the bye who builds the boat
And Ise the bye who sails her.
Ise the bye who catches the fish
And takes them home to Lizer

Sods and rinds to cover yer flake,
Cake and tea for supper.
Codfish in the spring o' the year,
Fried in maggoty butter.

Hip your partner... I don't want your maggoty fish,
They're no good for winter.
I can buy as good as that
Down in Bona Vista.

Hip your partner... Some extra verses sent on 30.09.02 by Justus Elgar:

I took Lizer to a dance
As fast as she could travel
And every stop that she did take
Was up to her knees in gravel

Hip your partner... Susan White she's out o' sight,
Her petticoat wants a border
Old Sam Oliver in the dark,
He kissed her in the corner.

Hip your partner... I'se the bye that builds the boat
And I'se the bye that sails her
I'se the bye that catches the fish
And takes 'em home to Lizer.

Hip your partner...

"Ise The Bye" traditional (19th century) song from Newfoundland. Archive: H. Creighton. Fish boxing and gutting song, net mending and light hauling song.
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour, Bona Vista - all fishing ports there.
"hip your partner" - "dance move"