Song Title:
Mummers Night in Oshawa
Album: Mummers Night in Oshawa
composers
(A.Frank .Willis/Fred Petersen)
Got a job and settled down, in
no time at all
They’d keep up their
tradition, so they wouldn’t feel alone
2.
Edna was from Oshawa, and
lived there all her life
When she married John, she
became a Newfies wife
She never heard of mummering
or tasted fish and and brews
She never thought
tonight, they’d all be on the
news
It was on the televison &,
the radio
The boys were just a having
fun & you can safely bet
The Mummers night in Oshawa,
was night they won’t forget
The Mummers night in Oshawa, a
night they won’t forget
3.
John was at the Newfie bar,
drinking with the boys
Playing darts and shooting
pool, telling each other lies
They tried it out on Edna,
& she nearly got them shot
4.
Tom was dressed up as his
wife, & Charlie dressed as him
Fred the plumber dressed up,
as a fisherman
With their faces covered they
were such a scary site
When they knocked upon the
door, Edna screamed with fright
chorus
5.
Someone in the neighbourhood,
musta called the cops
They threw the boys upon the
ground & put em in the cuffs
Flashing Lights, guns drawn,
sirens filled the air
Explaining bout the mummers,
didn’t get them anywhere
6.
The judge was in the Xmas
spirit, so he let them go
The boys they left and John
went home, his head was hanging low
When Edna met him at the door, She said oh what a night
Dressing up in scary clothes,
how were the boys to know
Tossed into a paddy wagon,
John and all his friends
Xmas day in Oshawa, locked up
in the pen