Such a powerful song, with a couple of borrowed lyrics from a song Sean and Bob used to do with Rankin Street. This song is addressing the devastating truth that so many young men and women have to leave the small towns and even the cities of Newfoundland to find work in other parts of Canada and the world, leaving all their friends and family members behind just so that they can survive, because there's so little available here.
Such a powerful song, with a couple of borrowed lyrics from a song Sean and Bob used to do with Rankin Street. This song is addressing the devastating truth that so many young men and women have to leave the small towns and even the cities of Newfoundland to find work in other parts of Canada and the world, leaving all their friends and family members behind just so that they can survive, because there's so little available here.