Armdale is a Canadian urban community located in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
Situated at the head of the Northwest Arm, from which it derives its name, Armdale borders the southern part of an isthmus connecting the Halifax Peninsula with the larger Chebucto Peninsula.
The Mi'kmaq people attacked the British blockhouse at Armdale numerous times during Father Le Loutre's War. In 1751, there were two attacks on blockhouses surrounding Halifax. Mi'kmaq attacked the North Blockhouse (located at the north end of Joseph Howe Drive) and killed the men on guard. They also attacked near the South Blockhouse (located at the south end of Joseph Howe Drive), at a saw-mill on a stream flowing out of Chocolate Lake into the Northwest Arm. They killed two men. (Map of Halifax Blockhouses)
In 1753, when Lawrence became governor, the Mi'kmaq attacked again upon the sawmills near the South Blockhouse on the Northwest Arm, where they killed three British. The Mi'kmaq made three attempts to retrieve the bodies for their scalps.
In the dying, dying wind
Hear the Black Snake sing the blues
In the dying, dying wind
Hear the Black Snake sing the blues
All the saints will fall into sin
And there's nothing you can do
If the devil gives no pardon
Is my waiting all in vain
If the devil gives no pardon
Is my waiting all in vain
If the Black Snake takes my soul
Does the story stay the same
Could you please bathe me down in the river
And please try to save my soul
Could you bathe me down in the river
And please try to save my soul
Is that Black Snake takes my soul
Do you feel the river running cold
Save me please st. Peter
Keep me from the fire
Walk me into heaven
And let me hear the choir
Because I've cried my tears sweet Jesus
And I've fallen into shame
I have cried my tears sweet Jesus
And I've fallen into shame
Now the Black Snake has my soul
Can you hear her
Can you hear her
In the wasteland
In the wasteland
Hear her calling
Calling to you
From the wasteland
From the wasteland
She feels broken
Broken
Because she can't see the forest for the trees
So send a letter
Say you love her
Say you need her
In the wasteland
Can she hear you
Hear you calling
From the wasteland
From the wasteland
You feel broken
Broken
Because you can't see the forest for the trees
Words were spoken
Now love feels broken
Because you can't seem to tell her what she needs
She feels broken
Broken
And you can't seem to calm the stormy seas
She feels broken
Broken
Chorus:
You're no KODA like me
Your parents are hearing mine are deaf you see
You're no KODA like me
I get to go to camp I can see your envy
You're no KODA like me
I can talk with my mouth and with my hands
You're no KODA like me
We got the greatest camp in all the land
Verse 1:
Hailing from the MD repping my camp
Here to let you know this is where it's at
New York State the Adirondacks
Putting in work get this place on the map
That's that
No one can match us
Competition doesn't even stack up
That's what's up
Can't deny us
Given a challenge that's when we rise up
Too powerful we can't be stopped
We'll not be caught and we can't be rocked
Believe what I say I'm speaking the truth
We are the best of the best I don't meant to be rude
That's what I am I know ASL and my parents are deaf
I get amped
Every time I come to camp
It's my approval that I stamp
Chorus:
You're no KODA like me
Your parents are hearing mine are deaf you see
You're no KODA like me
I get to go to camp I can see your envy
You're no KODA like me
I can talk with my mouth and with my hands
You're no KODA like me
We got the greatest camp in all the land
Verse 2:
There's no way you can diss us
When its time to get ready we get down to business
Work hard but we play even harder
We're ahead of other camps leave them in the back burner
Trust when I tell you this
I don't mean to diss
Every single thing that I tell you is legit
We're a diverse group from different places
With a common bond no one replace us
I'm gracious so thankful
Get to spend five weeks with amazing people
That I trust and adore with all my heart
Couldn't ask for more
These people got my back
We get together we got it in the bag
Untouchable no way you can play us
Better believe you can't ever take us
Chorus:
You're no KODA like me
Your parents are hearing mine are deaf you see
You're no KODA like me
I get to go to camp I can see your envy
You're no KODA like me
I can talk with my mouth and with my hands
You're no KODA like me
I knew a boy once who needed shelter
She put her arms around him
She couldn't help it
Will the rosary swing for me tonight
Do you see that garden
Those heavy roses
There 're all the secrets baby I never told you
Will the rosary swing for me tonight
Will the rosary swing for me tonight
And she said I think so
(c'm on and swing away)
Do you see that garden
Those heavy roses
There are all the secrets darling I should have told you
Will the rosary swing for me tonight
Will the rosary swing for me tonight
And she said I think so
(c'm on and swing away)
Go placidly emits the haste
and live your life filled with grace
The rosary will swing for me
The rosary will swing for me tonight
Deep down in the desert of my heart
I have always tried to be a true and honest friend
Was it the shine of your eyes
Or was it something in the way you smiled,
The way you talked
That brought suspicion to my mind
Out there in the fields so pure and white
I realize our love has faded
I never saw you with respect
And now you`re gone
You turned away and left me broken
On a crimson winter sunrise
Closed up in my chamber of despair
I try to bury every memory rushing through my head
I can`t believe that you`re gone, i can`t imagine that
It`s over now
I made mistakes
I know! - too many to forgive?
Pain is turning into agony
And still you keep your sweet temptation
I wish i could make things undone
Now it`s too late
And with a tear i watch you leaving
On a crimson winter sunrise
Silent winter hear my cry
Hide me in safety `till once again i´m&
Out there in the fields so pure and white
To realize our love has faded
I never saw you with respect
And now you`re gone
You turned away and left me broken
Lady please unlock your door
Let them know I've come ashore
my water's sour
Worms are bread
sleepless nights in sleepless beds
she said baby stay with me
I'm the deep sea darkness far and wide
Sexually not satisfied
She said baby take me now
Here I come
And I'm walking on water
Towards the shore
I've played chess with Davy Jones
He stripped me to my skin and bones
She said baby I'll save you
And I'm walking on water
Towards the shore
Here I come
And I'm walking on water
Verse 1:
I know this little place called camp mark 7
Where I spend twelve days a year that feels like heave
Posted on the mountains with a lake front view
Where you'll never be afraid of just doing you
We may be ghetto but we do our best
Other camps can't touch us we better than the rest
Better than the best
Built with that family dynamic
Staying together even when the times get thick
We are Kodas and we make things happen
The result of hearing and the deaf colliding
Once we were lost but now we've found
A place where we can be crazy insane and loud
As you can tell I'm on that Koda crack
Been nine years and running since I been coming back
I can't lie we got the best chants
Taking over old forge make them quiver in their pants
Let me see your funky chicken out of sight
And you know that Koda's are what dynamite
Our parents are deaf that's why we gather
When we're at Koda camp nothing else matters
From New York to LA
All sizes all shapes
Come to this spot just to get themselves a little taste
Two weeks just isn't enough
Think I'm joking come see if it's a bluff
Verse 2:
Get wild get crazy
Just throw a tantrum
Kodas stand tall and proud
This is our anthem
This is our place
Our time to shine
I can tell you this Kodas are one of a kind
Before I came to camp I was quiet and somber
Now I'm here right back straight for the better
This time of year always gets me antsy
To see all my friends that I miss so dearly
We love broomball putting people to shame
Love capture the fla... I mean Jenn's game
Getting people out of jail is my forte
Don't believe it just check the resume
This place is a second home to me
To many of us it's just home you see
Put your love signs up if you are ready for fun
Oh she's my lady
Oh, she's been my lover
Now she's hiding, hiding undercover
They're going to tell her
She's got to meet her brother
For the honour, the honour of the other
I want to help her
I want to hide her
I want to love her,
But first I've got to find her
She's been hiding,
Hiding undercover
From the honour, the honour of the other
I want to tell her
Baby please don't go
Don't you go back to Morocco
She's a goddess,
Oh she's been a lier
See the witch hunt
The flames are getting higher
All the secrets we tried so hard to cover
Have been discovered, discovered by the other
I want to tell her
Baby please don't go
I've got to tell her
Baby please don't go
I want to tell her
Baby please don't go
Don't you go back to Morocco
She's a goddess,
Oh she's been a lier
See the witch hunt
The flames are getting higher
All the secrets we tried so hard to cover
Have been discovered, discovered by the other
I want to tell her
I want to tell her
Baby please don't go
I've got to tell her
Baby please don't go
I want to tell her
Baby please don't go
Don't you go back to Morocco
Oh she's my lady
Oh, she's been my lover
Now she's hiding, hiding undercover
He's going to kill her
It's going to be her brother
For the honour, the honour of the other
I want to tell her
Baby please don't go
Colours falling under
Falling under slowly
Fading into darkness
Fading into night
Colours falling under
I need your sex now
I need your sex now
I'm looking for the light
Disparate for pleasure
Undermined pathways
Looking for a signpost
Leading to the right
Looking for a signpost
The undercurrent takes me
Leading me to darkness fading out of sight
So this is my
My invocation
So this is my
My invocation
Panic plays a purpose
Purpose turns to reason
Reasons for becoming slowly graining sight
Decision at the signpost
I need your sex now
I need your sex now
I'm fading from the light
So this is my
My invocation
So this is my
I'm waiting here
I wait alone
These separate lives
These separate homes
It's leading me down, leading me down
It's not the same
Without you here
Can't stand the pain
Can't stand the tears
They're leading me down, leading me down
I want you, I want you
Those Angel eyes
They saw me fall
I paid the price
I paid it all
leading me down, leading me down
I want you, I want you
I'm waiting here
I wait alone
These separate lives
These separate homes
It's leading me down, leading me down
It's not the same
Without you here
Can't stand the pain
Can't stand the tears
They're leading me down, leading me down
I want you, I want you
I'm waiting here
I wait alone
Talk to me white lady
Read for me those cards
Tell me about my future
Am I going to go to far
She said no oh You're going down
She said boy the devil knows you
He's your only friend
He's standing at the gates now
And he's waiting for the end
She said no oh You're going down
She said first I see the tower
Then I see the star
The I see the hanged man
And he's drinking in the bar
Oh, you're going down
Verse 1:
Yo I'm a beast at broomball
One theft swoop and I'm making my mark off
Down to my feet
With the smell of defeat
Can't handle me or my bball techniques
Oh please you can't touch this
Better know that I'm a problem when I pick up the stick
In this game I'm a straight up master
Pass me the ball and I cause mass disaster
Face off best believe you can't see me
Where the ball go
Oh no it's in your net b
Step to me you must be fooling
The way I dissect your team will leave you drooling
I'm ruling every time I step on the field
I'm a threat in the game with the stick that I wield
I make opponents look soft
Cause I got as much game as the man they call WASP
Chorus:
Game on I dominate (x8)
Verse 2:
You tired of getting worked all day
Lets switch it up and play some Jenn's game
Just like the flash I'm there and back in a dash
With a flag in my hand or a teammate in a free pass
I'm straight pro getting people out of jail
Hit you with the made you look
Then I'm rushing for the bell
You look real
I'd even say you looking grim
I'm a reaper sending people to jail
Like they committed a sin
You better keep moving
I may walk slow but I walk with a meaning
You don't want nothing with me
If you are in my path better step you see
Teens better step down when I come around
You better stand down or get wrecked down
I'm the grim reaper better give me the stick
Instead of raining down death
I'm raining down jail trips
Chorus: