Great Big Sea

The world today can be a scary place* Hard to keep your faith in the human race. We're runnin' outta trees, And we're runnin' outta space, But we'll never run out of good people. Ask 'em for a shovel, And they'll dig you a hole. Put the coffee on, An

I drank sixteen doubles for the price of one Trying 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

Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget Some of the boys got loaded drunk, and they ain't got sober yet; As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin' gay O'Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to play

The Mermaid by Great Big Sea When I was a lad in a fishin' town My old man said to me: "You can spend your life, your jolly life Just sailin' on the sea. You can search the world for pretty girls Til your eyes grow weak and dim, But don't go searchin

Come all ye friends I'll sit you down And sing an oleful ditty, T'was on a day in April month We started from the city We planned a day or two at Mahers We stalwart men were chosen To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond, Who fell in when the pond was

The world today can be a scary place* Hard to keep your faith in the human race. We're runnin' outta trees, And we're runnin' outta space, But we'll never run out of good people. Ask 'em for a shovel, And they'll dig you a hole. Put the coffee on, An

It's of a bold young smuggler From Fortune he did sail He rode the waves from St. Pierre And he never saw the jail He filled her up with contraband Perfume, smokes, and rum He hoped the fog was thick enough To make another run You can still see the s

I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive After six months' hard labor, at home I did arrive. I courted with a pretty girl, it was her caused me to roam. Now I'm a river driver, and I'm far away from home. Chorus: I'll eat when I a