Prince Edward Island is Heaven to Me

Hal Lone Pine

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([D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me)
They talk about Texas, Ken-[D]-tucky and [A] Maine,
They [D] talk about [A] London, [B7] Paris and [E] Spain.
But [A] there's a little island, I [D] long there to [A] be.
[D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me.
The
The
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shores are so
[D] roads are
[A] air is so
Prince Edward

pretty and the [D] fields are so [A] green,

so [A] winding, with [B7] such pretty [E] scenes.
pure and the [D] people so [A] gay,
[A] Island, I'm [E] coming to [A] stay.

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([D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me)
The soil is so fertile, so [D] rich and so [A] rare
It [D] grows such po-[A]-tatoes which [B7] none can com-[E]-pare
The [A] tourists are welcome to [D]walk its great [A] soil
The [D] farmers are [A] happy to [E] work and to [A] toil
There's swimming and hunting and [D] fishing gal-[A]-ore.
The [D] sun shines so [A] bright on its [B7] long golden [E] shore.
The [A] Lord made this island for [D] all men to [A] see;
[D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me.
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([D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me)
There s thousands of Islands in [D] this land of [A] ours
Like [D] dots on the [A] ocean, or [B7] dew on the [E] flowers
A [A] touch of God s great hand this [D] Island must [A] be
[D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me.
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([D] Prince Edward [A] Island is [E] heaven to [A] me)