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 go I’m a son of a sea-cook, I’m a cook in a trader; I can dance, I can sing, I can […]
CHORUS: Oh, won’t you come along with me love Come along with me! Come for one night and be my wife And come along with me Well, it is of the jolly butcher as you might plainly see As he roved out one morning in search of company He went into a tavern and a […]
I left my home, my family by the ocean Out on my own, to seek my fortune There’s no work to occupy these young hands So look out boy! Your heading for the mainland! CHORUS: And what do you do? Can’t make nothing out of nothing Everybody needs a start And what do you do? […]
Billy Peddle, Billy Peddle did you see Tom White? Billy Peddle, Billy Peddle did you see Tom White? Billy Peddle, Billy Peddle did you see Tom White? Gone around the harbour gonna stay all night Gone around the harbour gonna get a dozen beer Gone around the harbour gonna get away from here Gone around […]
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’s where I likes it best CHORUS: Where its wave over wave, sea over bow I’m as happy a man as the sea […]
CHORUS: And its go boys go They’ll time your every breath And every day you’re in this place your two days nearer death But you go … Well, a process man am I and I am tellin’ you no lie I work and breathe among the fumes that tread across the sky There’s thunder all […]
I drank sixteen doubles for the price of one Tryin’ to find the courage to talk to one I asked her for a dance, not a second glance My night had just begun Well, I drink to the Father and the Holy Ghost I’m kneeling at the alter of my nightly post So I’ll raise […]
Lukey - Great Big Sea
Well, ol’ Lukey’s boat is painted green, Ha, me boys! Lukey’s boat is painted green, The prettiest boat that you’ve ever seen, A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day! A-ha, me boys a-riddle-i-day! Well, ol’ Lukey’s boat’s got a fine fore cutty, Ha, me boys! Lukey’s boat’s got a fine fore cutty, And every seam is chinked with […]
Stayed awake for hours again last night. Just searching for the reason to keep up the fight. I’ve made choices I don’t regret. I’ve got problems I don’t get. I didn’t want to carry the heavier load You can’t always take the middle road There comes a time when you make up your mind And […]
I’m sorry if I ruined your day I really hope that you understand I’m a million miles away Looking for a place to land My father phoned me yesterday your time has come, well done my son tried to think of what to say when words can heed already gone CHORUS: I don’t know how […]
