Lyrics
Roy Bell’s Farm is Not There Anymore
(all words and music by Don Charbonneau)
When I first came up here it in 1965
I was driving down this highway
With nothing but a dream
This small Northern town was booming in those days
A thousand men and women worked for the company
Taverns were open all over town
And closing time was never that far away
And you could buy breakfast at any old time of day.
I went up to the mine looking for a job
Man in charge asked me son can you skate?
Skate! Yes Sir, since I was four years old
Played last year with the Native Sons.
Sixteen years young now and working underground
Sixteen years young now and working underground
My dad worked at the old Red and White
He worked another job just to keep his family warm.
You could buy beer cheap at the Union Hall
and spend the rest of the evening there drilling another round
and spend the rest of the evening there drilling another round.
Saturday nights we’d head down to the rink
And watch the Ironmen they were the best in the Senior “A”
A few of those guys could of played in the NHL
And Maxie Simon had the best shot in the league
And Maxie Simon had the best shot in the league.
The mine closed up now ten years ago
And that old Red and White has been torn down to the ground
It’s awfully quiet now at this end of town
Since that green ore train doesn’t run here anymore
We just got news only yesterday that the lumber mill shut down
Now there’s nothing left to say
And old Roy Bell’s farm is not there anymore
And old Roy Bell’s farm is not there anymore.