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NEWS
Ross now has four CD's under his belt, produced at the beautiful state of the art Escarpment Studio in Belwood, Ontario.
A purely Canadian talent, Ross now has songs charting in Europe. SEND HER ALL MY ANGELS recently reached #1, and before that BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE also reached #1. NOW AND THEN is currently at #7. As of this week, NOW AND THEN is at the #1 position on the European charts!
We expect more #1's in the future!
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ROLL WITH IT CD Lyrics
ROLL WITH IT
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
Can't send the rain back to where it came from
So let it do what it must do
Can't make the tide come any sooner
And it leaves when it wants to
CHORUS
But we can roll with it
What we can't control one bit
And if it bothers you get over it
And roll with it
Yeah roll with it
Just roll with it
Verse 2
Can't make the stars shine any brighter
Can't stop the snow from falling down
Can't stop the autumn wind from changing
And we can't turn the wind around
CHORUS
But we can roll with it
What we can't control one bit
And if it bothers you get over it
And roll with it
Yeah roll with it
Just roll with it
Verse 3
We don't get too upset
About things we can't change
The best is coming yet
And bad memories fade
Sometimes our lessons learned are painful
Don't understand what we can't see
After a while we understand it
And we can't fight our destiny
CHORUS
But we can roll with it
What we can't control one bit
And if it bothers you get over it
And roll with it
Yeah roll with it
Just roll with it
FAREWELL TO NOVA SCOTIA
(Traditional Cover)
Verse 1
The sun was setting in the west
The birds were singing on every tree
All nature seemed in tune for a rest
But still there was no rest for me
CHORUS
Farewell to Nova Scotia the seabound coast
With your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever breathe a sigh or a wish for me
Verse 2
I grieve to leave my native land
I grieve to leave my comrades all
My aged parents who I love so dear
And the bonny bonny girl who waits for me
CHORUS
Farewell to Nova Scotia the seabound coast
With your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever breathe a sigh or a wish for me
Verse 3
The drums do beat and the wars do alarm
The Captain calls I must obey
So farewell farewell to Nova Scotia's charms
For it's early in the morning I am far far away
Verse 4
I have three brothers laid to rest
Their arms are folded across their chest
But for a sailor guy like me
I must be tossed and driven by the deep blue sea
CHORUS
Farewell to Nova Scotia the seabound coast
With your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever breathe a sigh or a wish for me
Will you ever breathe a sigh or a wish for me
BIG CITY COUNTRY GIRL
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
I found a country girl livin' in big city world
She's as natural as can be
Should see the way she looks at me
I always wanted a country girl from the very start
CHORUS
I found country isn't where you live
It's what lives down in your heart heart
What lives down in your heart
It doesn't come down to where you live
It comes down to what lives down in your heart heart
What lives down in your heart
Verse 2
Well she could pass for a movie queen
She's not really into that scene
She's got feelings I can feel
I just love how she keeps it real
Verse 3
She's not much for high society
Or into every day reality
She sees things others cannot see
She's hard working as can be
Verse 4
She's a country girl
Living in big city world
She's as natural as can be
Should see the way she looks at me
And there's a lot of country girls living in big city world
CHORUS
I found country isn't where you live
It's what lives down in your heart heart
What lives down in your heart
It doesn't come down to where you live
It comes down to what lives down in your heart heart
I love what lives down in your heart
I found a country girl
BLUE JEANS AND HEELS
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
Car pulled up radio singin'
I look up who's this vehicle bringin'
She slowly slides out one leg at a time
It's my lady in blue jeans
Don't she look fine
CHORUS
My lady in blue jeans
Knows how it makes me feel
Lady in blue jeans
Blue jeans and heels
Verse 2
Walks over to me
Perfect smile showing
Says to me how's your day going
Look in her eye seems to know me somehow
Look in my eye I say it's goin' good now
Goin' good now
CHORUS
Cause you're my lady in blue jeans
Knows how it makes me feel
Lady in blue jeans
Blue jeans and heels
Verse 3
We can go walkin' mm hmmm
And see what we can see
A little slow talking mm hmmm
She looks dressed up to me
CHORUS
Cause she's my lady in blue jeans
Knows how it makes me feel
Lady in blue jeans
Blue jeans and heels
Lady in blue jeans
Blue jeans and heels
MARY ELLEN CARTER
by Stan Rodgers sung by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
She went down last October in a pourin' drivin' rain
The Skipper he'd been drinkin' and the mate he felt no pain
Too close to three mile rock and she was dealt her mortal blow
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low
Verse 2
There were just us five aboard her when she finally was awash
We fought so hard to save her regardless of the cost
And the moan she gave when she went down caused us to proclaim
The Mary Ellen Carter would rise again
Verse 3
Well the owner wrote her off not a nickle they would spend
She gave twenty years of service boys then met her sorry end
The insurance paid our loss to us then let her rest below
And then they laughed at us said we had to go
Verse 4
We talked of her all winter sometimes 'round the clock
She's worth a quarter million afloat and at the dock
And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
CHORUS
Rise again rise again
Let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
And those who loved her best and were with her to the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
Verse 5
Well we've been out here with her since the spring
On a barge lent by a friend
Three dives a day in a hard hat suit and twice I've had the bends
Thank God it's only sixty feet and the current here is slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below
Verse 6
But we patched her rents and stopped her vents
Got hatch and porthole down
Tied cables to her fore and aft and girdered her around
Tomorrow noon we hit the air and take up on the strain
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
CHORUS
Rise again rise again
Let her name not be lost to the knowledge of men
And those who loved her best and were with her to the end
We made the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
Verse 7
Well we couldn't leave her there you see
To crumble into shale
She saved our lives so many times
Livin' through the gale
And those laughin' drunken rats that sent her to her sorry grave
They won't be laughin' in another day
Verse 8
And to you whom adversity has dealt it's final blow
With smilin' weasels lyin' to you everywhere you go
Turn to and put all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
Rise again rise again
Though your heart it be broke and your life about to end
Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
Verse 9
No matter what your loss be it a home a love a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
Rise again rise again
Though your heart it be broke and your life about to end
Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
No matter what your loss be it a home a love a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
Just like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
There's a place in this old world that everyone should see
Been there many times because it's in my country
It's at the eastern end of my land that's strong and free
Cape Breton Highlands calling me calling me
Cape Breton Highlands calling me
Verse 2
Inspiration overcomes me without fail
Every time I travel on the Cabot Trail
Watch those rugged lobster boats settin' sail
Cape Breton Highlands calling me calling me
Cape Breton Highlands calling me
Verse 3
Watch those vessels navigate the rocky shores
Experience fishermen work the ocean floor
Seems there's a welcome on everybody's door
Cape Breton Highlands calling me
Verse 4
Around every corner another view more than you could wish
And I'll probably taste a hearty seafood dish
I'll golf Stanley's famous course in Ingonish
Cape Breton Highlands calling me calling me
Cape Breton Highlands calling me
Verse 5
Celtic sounds is the music of the day
Kitchen parties and how we love a good calleagh
How we love to hear those lively fiddles play
Cape Breton Highlands calling me calling me
Cape Breton Highlands calling me
Verse 6
Well I love my land from sea to shining sea
From the Rockies all across the great prairie
But there's one place that my heart will always be
Cape Breton Highlands calling me calling me
Cape Breton Highlands calling me calling me
Cape Breton Highlands calling me
ROVIN' ALL OVER THIS LAND
by Stompin' Tom Conners sung by Ross Kennedy
CHORUS
From the island of Vancouver to the isle of Newfoundland
There's daisies by the wayside and the pastures green again
A bluebird on the fence post has summer in his song
While out on the open highway I thumb my way along
Rovin' all over this land
Rovin' all over this land
Verse 1
With a knapsack on my shoulder and a flat top by my side
I roam this great north country and I feel so free inside
There stops an old hay wagon I climb up on the load
And munch on a big red apple as we jog along the road
Rovin' all over this land
Rovin' all over this land
Verse 2
You can find me by the river where the lively otter plays
Or asleep beside the meadow where the lazy cattle graze
You'll find me in the back seat of a car that moves along
To the rhythm of my flat top and an old hitchhikers song
Rovin' all over this land
Rovin' all over this land
Verse 3
Here comes an old truck driver I can tell by the way he smiles
I'll sing and pick my flat top for the next two hundred miles
Then a little voice will tell me that I've made another friend
I'll share his bacon sandwich and I'm on the road again
Rovin' all over this land
Rovin' all over this land
CHORUS
From the island of Vancouver to the isle of Newfoundland
There's daisies by the wayside and the pastures green again
A bluebird on the fence post has summer in his song
While out on the open highway I thumb my way along
Rovin' all over this land
Rovin' all over this land
Rovin' all over this land
I'M A STALLIAN
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
You found me in a blizzard on that winter's day
I was cold I was hungry I was lame
My defenses were down I have to say
You took me to your barn and gave me oats and hay
Oats and hay oats and hay
Verse 2
I said I used to be a stallian fast and strong
But now I feel that I don't belong
Seems like everything I do turns out wrong
You didn't listen you just sang me your songs
Your healin' songs your healin' songs
Verse 3
You said you'd nurse me back to health then let me go
In warmer weather when there was no snow
And the vet she said I'd be okay
And your songs you continued to play
Your healin' songs your healin' songs
Verse 4
I'm fast I'm strong I'm a stallian don't you know
Climb on my back I'll take you where you need to go
Feel the sun feel the coolness of the breeze
Feel my heart feel my soul feel my beat
Feel the beat feel the beat
Verse 5
Springtime came it was green there was no snow
As promised it was time for me to go
I felt life I felt love I felt bliss
I turned one last look I said to you remember this
Remember this remember this
Verse 6
I'm fast I'm strong I'm a stallian don't you know
When life gets tough I'll take you where you need to go
In your dreams I'll be coming back to you
After what you've done it's the least that I can do
That I can do that I can do
I'll be coming back when it's time to say thank you
BROWN EYED ANGEL
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
Sometimes you wonder who you are
Ahhh ahh but I think I know you well
Watched you for some time now you're a brown eyed angel
CHORUS
Brown eyed angel look my way brown eyed angel make my day
You'll love until forever turns into forever whatever that might mean
Make this life a dream brown eyed angel
Verse 2
Sometimes you're kind of edgy 'cause you think that that's so cool
Gotta tell you brown eyed angel that that's not really you
You're tryin' hard to be a glitzy girl ahhh ahh but it doesn't suit you well
So go ahead and be yourself you're a brown eyed angel
CHORUS
Brown eyed angel look my way brown eyed angel make my day
You'll love until forever turns into forever whatever that might mean
Make this life a dream brown eyed angel
Verse 3
And in a world that can go crazy ahh you're still everybody's friend
You'll treat everybody equally until the very end
So don't try to be no glitzy girl ahhh ahh it'll never suit you well
Smile and laugh and be yourself you're a brown eyed angel
CHORUS
Brown eyed angel look my way brown eyed angel make my day
You'll love until forever turns into forever whatever that might mean
Make this life a dream brown eyed angel
You're my brown eyed angel
I love ya brown eyed angel
Brown eyed angel look my way
Brown eyed angel look my way
WAITING FOR YOU
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
Relax little baby we've been waiting for you
You got your mother your father and your grandparents too
You got your aunts you got your uncles and cousins more than a few
So relax little baby we've been waiting for you oooh you you you
Verse 2
We've been waiting for your birth since I don't know when
So glad that our souls are together again
So many lifetimes that we've all been through
So relax little baby we've been waiting for you oooh you you you
Verse 3
The future is yours live your life and be glad
Don't listen to those who say this world is bad
Some choose to think poorly but we always knew
That we'd be waiting for you oooh you oooh you you you
Verse 4
So relax little babies all new boys and girls
Relax little babies all over this world
A new day is dawning the future is true
So relax little baby we've been waiting for you oooh you you you
Verse 5
You'll grow older little baby but you take your time
Before long you'll be singing your own nursery rhymes
We'll teach you your lessons we'll learn from you too
And when you are older we'll be waitin' here for you oooh you you you
So relax little baby
SPRINGTIME GREEN
by Ross Kennedy
CHORUS
Springtime green and sky of blue
Springtime green heals me and you
Springtime green white winter's through
Springtime green heals me and you
Verse 1
I love the summer time and I love fall and winter too
Any season is just fine and I love spendin' time with you
Still I love that springtime green when life starts anew
Springtime green heals me and you
CHORUS
Springtime green and sky of blue
Springtime green heals me and you
Springtime green white winter's through
Springtime green heals me and you
Verse 2
When winter's ice and snow are healed by the warmth of the sun
And sometimes life's icy blows are healed by the warmth of someone
You gotta love that springtime green when life starts anew
And springtime green heals me and you
CHORUS
Springtime green and sky of blue
Springtime green heals me and you
Springtime green white winter's through
Springtime green heals me and you
Springtime green and sky of blue
Springtime green heals me and you
LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THOMPSON
by Ross Kennedy
Verse 1
I left Cape Breton Nova Scotia to work in Northern Manitoba
They said buddy you should go to where the Nelson River flows
I met people from all across my land
From BC to the coast of Newfoundland
But I'm a little bit north my son a little bit north of Thompson
Working on the Nelson
Verse 2
I worked with JP and with Joe from PEI from Ontario
And Josh who made the trek from the city of Quebec
Johnny from the island of Vancouver
Working for the same guys that built the Hoover
A little bit north my son a little bit north of Thompson
Verse 3
Well Terry he's from Edmonton and Charlie's from the Sioux
Darren's from New Brunswick Ray Rioux from Saskatchewan's here too
And Garlen's from Gander City Brian's from Gaspe
Rick Royd lives near Winnipeg we're all from Canada eh
Verse 4
Side by side we work together sometimes we even share a little laugh
And you wouldn't believe the weather
Seems like summer only lasts a week and a half
When you're a little bit north my son a little bit north of Thompson
Verse 5
Well I put in my twenty days collected a couple of pays
Now put me on that silver bird and fly me home
Then I won't be so blue just so much space and time can do
Once again my life will be my own
After my break my son I'll go back to the Nelson
Verse 6
And when you turn on your lights so you can see
Think of the women and the men just like me
Who are bringing you electricity
From a little bit north my son a little bit north of Thompson
Verse 7
And I know years down the road when I look back
Smilin' memories of my friends from Keeyask
We built this mighty dam
We're all Canadian
A little bit north my son a little bit north of Thompson
Verse 8
I left my home in Nova Scotia to work in friendly Manitoba
They said buddy you should go to where the Nelson River flows
Now this is where I am building this Keeyask Dam
But I'm a little bit north my son a little bit north of Thompson
Working on the Nelson
A little bit north of Thompson
A little bit north of Thompson