North Shore Tea

You’ll never get a better sendoff than a funereal lunch across the road at the Tracadie Cross Recreational Centre. I only wish you could all be so lucky as to die here so your loved ones and neighbors could experience the abundance and hospitality that reflects so well on the popularity of you, the dearly departed. The variety of sandwiches, cookies and squares is unrivaled, and I’ve been in almost every hall on PEI for various functions. Best of all, you will not find a better cup of tea. Whatever alchemy takes place in those urns, I defy anyone to find a better brew. A good strong black tea in these parts is called “North Side Tea”.

North Side Tea

When you rise up from your bed, with a sore and aching head You were cutting quite a rug, now you’re in the hole you dug When it’s time to sober up, pour yourself a steaming cup When you’re bent it’s hard to see, straighten up with North Side Tea

Chorus: North Side Tea Knock her back and you shall see Early risers you and me Start the day With North Side Tea

With the North Wind on the blow, warnings on the radio You’re still in your comfy chair, in your thermal underwear With a day of work to come, There’s no point in looking glum When it’s time to put to sea, take along your North Side Tea

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Fill the kettle to the top, get the water scalding hot If you want your perfect brew, boil the bags a day or two In your thermos strong and black, you don’t know when you’ll be back There’s no telling where you’ll be, bring along your North Side Tea

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