Verse 1You Can Tell A Nova Scotian By The Fragrance Of The Ocean,For They Always Wear The Perfume Of The North Atlantic SprayBut If You Can't Seem To Smell 'Em, There's Another Way To Tell 'EmFor You'll Always Know A Bluenose By His Diet Right Away!(Spoken) What Do We Eat? We Eat:Chorus 1Pickled Herrin', Oysters When We're Daring.And We Often Take A Bake Of Hake 'Cause That's A Dandy Dish!To Make Chowder Fit For Dolphins, Throw In Everything But SculpinsAnd You Ain't A Nova Scotian If You Don't Like Fish!Verse 2What We Eats, Until We're Bustin' Most Albertans Find Disgustin'.For It Seems Salt Cod's Upsettin' To That Dainty Western Tongue.And With Faces Hard And Stony, They Say "Herrin's Too Durn Boney"But There's Nothing For Dissolving Bones Like Nova Scotian Rum.(Spoken) And So We Eat:Chorus 2Cod Cheeks, Cod Tongues, Even Though They're Odd TonguesFish Sticks And Digby Chicks As Dainty As You Wish.We Eat Flat Fish, Like The Flounder And Some Others That Are RounderAnd You Ain't A Nova Scotian If You Don't Like Fish!Verse 3You Won't Find No Haddock Fillets In Them Manitoba SkilletsAnd Away Out In Saskatchewan They Don't Know Fish From BeansDown In Red River Valley They Can't Tell Scallops From TomallyAnd You'll Get No Clams Or Salmon With Your Dandelion Greens.(Spoken) Meanwhile, We’re Eatin’:Chorus 3Finnan Haddie, Good For Lass Or Laddie AndA Smoked Eel Will Make You Feel Like Dancin' Just A TishWe Cook Up Solomon Gundy Twenty Seven Ways From SundayAnd You Ain't A Nova Scotian If You Don't Like Fish!Verse 4Now Lest There Be A Mix-Up There's Just One Thing I Should Fix UpFor There's Some That Can't Tell Us From Newfoundlanders Tried And True;We Eat Hake And Cod And Kippers, But We Don't Eat Seal FlippersAnd That's How You Tell The Difference, 'Cause The Newfoundlanders Do!(Spoken) We Just Eat:Chorus 4Mackerel, Pollock They Never Give You ColicIf You Wash Down Your Tuna With A Little Drink Of SwishWe Love A Mess Of Shad Roe, Sardines And GaspereauAnd You Ain't A Nova Scotian (By The Holy Land O' Goshen)And You've Never Seen The Ocean If You Don't Like Fish!
