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[/b]This is a song I wrote for some of my good friends in the Great White North, when I spent a good deal of time teaching and working up there. It';s for Everette's 81 Birthday, trying to bridge the language barrier. My Canadian buddies think all of us from the south say the word "Ya'll" (You All) all of the time, and WE DO! and We think they all say the word "EH" all the time. THEY DO. Here's my song about it. Happy Birthday Everette.

[b] FIXIN'
(Marc-Alan Barnette)

Every since, my company, sent me to the Great White North
All my buddys and their wives call and ask me if I,
Can come and speak Southern of course
They love to hear my drawl when I say "Hey Yall"
It makes them all laugh and call
We may be separated by a common lagugage
But they just love to year me talk

CHORUS
I SAY "I'M FIXIN' TO EAT, FIXIN TO DRINK
FIXING TO GO DOWN TOWN"
I'M GOING OVER YONDER CAUSE I THINK I'LL PONDER
THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
OPEN SOME MOULSON BEER, GRILL ALABAMA DEER,
PASS AROUND SOME MUSKEEDINE WINE
WE'VE GOT SOME CULTURES MIXIN
CAUSE I THINK WE'RE FIXIN'
TO HAVE OURSELVES A REAL GOOD TIME

Now I admit, before I came up here
I myself was quite naive
I thought everybody dressed like Mountines
Lived in Igloos, and just ate poutine
But now I see, their just like me
A bunch of good ol' boys and women
Solving all the problems of the world
Just a little Redneck UN

Chorus
I SAY "I'M FIXIN' TO EAT, FIXIN TO DRINK
FIXING TO GO DOWN TOWN"
I'M GOING OVER YONDER CAUSE I THINK I'LL PONDER
THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
OPEN SOME MOULSON BEER, GRILL ALABAMA DEER,
PASS AROUND SOME MUSKEEDINE WINE
WE'VE GOT SOME CULTURES MIXIN
CAUSE I THINK WE'RE FIXIN'
TO HAVE OURSELVES A REAL GOOD TIME


There you go. Happy Birthday Everett. Always good to see you, Eh?

Thank you Marc, I'm touched by the song, I like it. I live in the province of Newfoundland and Eh is not so much used as the word B'y , like saying, how are ya doin' b'y, b'y is short for boy, not meaning any disrespect, it's like some people using "man" in saying, "what's happening man". Now saying b'y have been misinterpreted as a put down by some mainland black people, until they realize it is a term of endearment, not an insult. We have a reputation of talking fast and people have a hard time understanding us, but we tell them it is not so much us talking fast, it is that they just listen too slow. Thanks again for the greetings, appreciate it my friend.