Mussels in the Corner
# Mussels in the Corner

Mussels in the Corner is a Newfoundland folk song.

In 2005, nine hundred and eighty-nine musicians gathered in St. John's at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival to play "Mussels in the Corner" on accordions to set a world record for simultaneous accordion playing.

## Lyrics

Mussels in the Corner

Chorus:

    'Deed I is in love with you
    Up all night in the foggy dew
    'Deed I is in love with you
    Mussels in the corner
    Ask a townie for a smoke
    He will say his pipe is broke
    Ask a bayman for a chew
    He will bite it off for you
    (chorus)
    Dirty shirts and dirty ties
    Dirty rings around their eyes
    Can't get up the morning b'ys
    Dirty auld Torbaymen
    (chorus)
    Here they are as white as ghosts
    Baymen in their little boats
    Women in their petticoats
    Down in Petty Harbour
    (chorus)
    I took Liza to the ball
    Liza couldn't dance at all
    nailed her up against the wall
    left her there till sunday
    (chorus)
    All the people in Belle Isle
    Don't get up till half past nine
    Wash their face in kerosene oil
    Polly, you're a corker!
    (chorus)
    Elsie Murray, she's so fine,
    Don't get up til half past nine
    Won't get up to feed the swine
    Dirty Elsie Murray.
    'Deed I is in love with you
    Up all night in the foggy dew
    'Deed I is in love with you
    Mussels in the corner
