by Great Big Sea on album Turn

Na na na, na na neh ah na Na na na, na na neh ah na Wouldn't it be great, if no one ever got offended Wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind I have always said, "All the rules ar

by Great Big Sea on album The Hard and The Easy

I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life Ten years I've been wed to a pale sickly wife, She's nothing to do only sit there and cry Praying and praying to God she would die. A friend of my own

by Great Big Sea on album Something Beautiful

What ails you, my daughter dear? Your eyes, they are so dim Have you had any sore sickness Or yet been sleeping with a man? I have not had any sore sickness But I know what's ailing me I am th

by Great Big Sea on album Miscellaneous

From a barque in the harbor I went roaming on shore And stepped into a pub where I was oft times before And as I was sitting and enjoying my glass Who chanced to walk in but a young Spanish lass She

by Great Big Sea on album Miscellaneous

Oh Gideon lived across the bay He's gettin' older now His boat is big and strong and bold She has a stalward bow But my father's boat was second hand One someone used before And after every fishing tr

by Great Big Sea on album Up

Oh me name's Able Rodgers, a share man am I On a three masted schooner from Twillingate Isle I've been the world over north, south, east, and west But the middle of nowhere wheres' I likes it best

by Great Big Sea on album Turn

A nobleman's fair daughter came down a narrow lane And met with Captain Wedderburn, the keeper of the game "Now my pretty fair miss, if it wasn't for the law Then you and I in a bed might lie" Rol

by Great Big Sea on album Up

[Chorus:] We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below Until we strikes bottom inside the two sunkers When straight through the channel to Tosl

by Great Big Sea on album Play

Ships may come and ships may go As long as the sea does roll. Each sailor lad just like his dad, He loves the flowing bowl. A trip on shore he does adore With a girl who's nice and round. When

by Great Big Sea on album Fortune's Favour

The fondest wish I ever had since the day that I was weaned, Is to go back and walk again on the rocks of Merasheen; I still recall the sad farewell I bid her on that day, When all upon a whaling ship

by Great Big Sea on album Turn

I dreamt I saw a woman Standing by the strand Waiting for her people To come in from the land Waiting there for seven days She built a fire in the sand Waiting for her people To come in from

by Great Big Sea on album Turn

I see you in the front row, dancing up and down You're ripped and ready for a night downtown And all the pretty boys are chasing you around 'Cause they all want to win your affection Spent three

by Great Big Sea on album Play

Ships may come and ships may go As long as the sea does roll. Each sailor lad just like his dad, He loves the flowing bowl. A trip on shore he does adore With a girl who's nice and round. When the mon

by Great Big Sea on album Play

Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB, for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue Puttees So all the hands enlisted, five hundred young men Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me They c

by Great Big Sea on album Play

She left St.Johns one day in May Dressed in her sunday best A kind man sat beside her And she cried her way out west She moved in with her cousin And found a job down in the mall Her friends at home w

by Great Big Sea on album Up

Chorus: We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below Until we strikes bottom inside the two sunkers When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll

by Great Big Sea on album Up

Oh me name Able Rogers a share man am I On a three-masted scooner from Twilingate Isle I've been the world over North, South, East and West But the middle of nowhere's where I likes it best Where it'

by Great Big Sea on album Turn

A noblemen's fair daughter Came down a narrow lane. And met with Captain Wedderburn, The keeper of the game Now my pretty fair miss If it wasn't for the law, You and I in the bed might lie Roll me ove

by Great Big Sea on album Turn

(written by Séan McCann) I see you in the front row, dancing up and down You're ripped and ready for a night downtown And all the pretty boys are chasing you around 'Cause they all want to win your

by Great Big Sea on album Turn

I dreamt I saw a woman Standing by the strand Waiting for her people To come in from the land Waiting there for seven days She built a fire in the sand Waiting for her people To come in from the land