The Hard and the Easy

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

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