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I's the B'y

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"I'se The B'y" (also I's The Bye) is a traditional Newfoundland folk song/ballad. "I's the B'y" is in the Newfoundland English dialect, and translates to standard English as "I'm the Boy" or "I'm the Guy". The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame decided to honour the song in 2005, officially accepting it as part of the Canadian Song Hall of Fame.^[1]

Native Newfoundland folk songs have fared well in terms of continued popularity, due in part to their appearance in widely circulated publications such as Gerald S. Doyle's songsters. Doyle's company published five free and popular collections of Newfoundland songs, the first in 1927, as a means of promoting his patent medicine business. These songs included "I'se the B'y", "Tickle Cove Pond", "Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor", "Old Polina", "The Ryans and the Pittmans", and "Lukey's Boat".

Professional musicians including Clint Curtiss, Dick Nolan, Great Big Sea and Gordon Bok have recorded the song (the latter under both its original name and the title "Liverpool Handy"). Toronto-based Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker sampled the lyrics in their first single, "Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole". An instrumental version of the song was also played in episode two of the HBO series The Neistat Brothers.^[2]

A Strathspey for bagpipes was composed in honour of "I's the B'y". ^[3]

Lyrics

I's the b'y that builds the boat

And I's the b'y that sails her

I's the b'y that catches the fish{{ref|fish}}

And brings them home to Liza. (or Lizer)

Chorus:

Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo

Hip yer partner, Sally Brown

Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour

All around the circle!

Sods and rinds{{ref|rind}} to cover your flake{{ref|flake}}

Cake{{ref|cake}} and tea for supper

Codfish in the spring o' the year

Fried in maggoty butter.

Chorus:

I don't want your maggoty fish{{ref|magotty}}

They're no good for winter

I could buy as good as that

Down in Bonavista.

Chorus:

I took Liza to a dance

As fast as she could travel

And every step that she did take

Was up to her knees in gravel.

Chorus:

Susan White, she's out of sight

Her petticoat wants a border

Old Sam Oliver in the dark

He kissed her in the corner.

Chorus:

Notes

{{note|fish}}fish: Unless otherwise specified, "fish" in Newfoundland English almost always refers to codfish, fish entry at the Dictionary of Newfoundland English
{{note|rind}}rind: A long strip of bark, normally from a standing spruce or fir, and used for various fisheries and building purposes, rind entry at the Dictionary of Newfoundland English
{{note|flake}}flake: A platform built on poles and spread with boughs for drying codfish on land, flake entry at the Dictionary of Newfoundland English
{{note|cake}}cake: Ship's biscuit or hardtack, cake entry at the Dictionary of Newfoundland English
{{note|magotty}}magotty fish: Fish when not cured correctly would become infested with Blow-fly larva, magotty entry at the Dictionary of Newfoundland English

References

1. ^Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2005
2. ^"Episode 2." The Neistat Brothers. Home Box Office. 2010. Television.
3. ^Archie Cairns - Book 1 Pipe Music 'I'se The B'yse' Strathspey 1995

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A recording of "I's the B'y" from the CBC's kids' website can be heard here, sung by 'Captain Claw'

2 : Newfoundland and Labrador folk songs|Year of song unknown

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