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