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Come closer, Eastcoaster, and stay for a while,
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I'll sing of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Isle,
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Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Newfoundland and Labrador,
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Come closer, Eastcoaster, I'll sing you some more.

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I fished on the Grand Banks, I drilled for the oil,
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I wandered away to the Vancouver Isle,
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Then backtracked again to Ontario ground,
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Met the girl of my dreams from St John's, Newfoundland.

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Come closer, Eastcoaster, and stay for a while,
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I'll sing of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Isle,
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Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Newfoundland and Labrador,
 A                                          D
Come closer, Eastcoaster, I'll sing you some more.

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From Halifax to Dartmouth with my buddies I did stay,
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All through the Canso Causeway and along the Cabot Trail;
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I settled in Surrey at a place down by the sea,
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Where Prince Edward Island is Heaven to me.

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Come closer, Eastcoaster, and stay for a while,
 A                                           D
I'll sing of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Isle,
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Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Newfoundland and Labrador,
 A                                            D
Come closer, Eastcoaster, I'll sing you some more.

 D                                       A
Come closer, Eastcoaster, and stay for a while,
 A                                           D
I'll sing of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Isle,
 D                                          A
Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Newfoundland and Labrador,
 A                                           D
Come closer, Eastcoaster, I'll sing you some more.
 D                                           A
Come closer, Eastcoaster, I'll sing you some more.