When First I Came to Caledonia Songtext
von Ten Strings and a Goat Skin

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