Biography:
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. The band also performs original material.
On March 11, 2010, Great Big Sea celebrated their seventeenth birthday as a band. And like almost every one of their many anniversaries spent together, they celebrated it by playing a concert, this one in Omaha, Nebraska. For the players it was an important landmark
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Other songs:
- A Boat Like Gideon Brown
- French Shore
- Harbour Lecou
- Mari Mac
- Old Black Rum
- The River Driver
- When I Am King
- Bad As I Am
- Banks Of Newfoundland
- Barque In The Harbour
- Beat The Drum
- Born To Believe
- Boston And St Johns
- Buying Time
- Cant Stop Falling
- Captain Kidd
- Captain Wedderburn
- Clearest Indication
- Cod Liver Oil
- Come And I Will Sing You The Twelve Apostles
- Company Of Fools
- Concerning Charlie Horse
- Consequence Free
- Dance Dance
- Dear Home Town
- Demasduit Dream
- Dont Wanna Go Home
- Dream To Live
- End Of The World As We Know It
- England
- Everything Shines
- Excursion Around The Bay
- Fast As I Can
- Feel It Turn
- Ferryland Sealer
- Fishermans Lament
- Follow Me Back
- French Perfume
- Goin Up
- Gone By The Board
- Good People
- Graceful And Charming
- Hard Case
- Have A Cuppa Tea
- Heart Of Hearts
- Heart Of Stone
- Helmet Head
- Here And Now
- Hit The Ground And Run
- How Did We Get From Saying I Love You
- I Havent Seen You In A Long Time
- Im A Rover
- Ise The By
- Its The End Of The World As We Know It
- Jack Hinks
- Jakeys Gin
- John Barbour
- Jolly Roving Tar
- Josephine The Baker
- Let It Go
- Let My Love Open The Door
- Live This Life
- Long Lost Love
- Love
- Love Me Tonight
- Lucky Me
- Lukey
- Margarita
- Mari
- Mary Mac
- Mermaid
- My Apology
- Nothing But A Song
- Nothing Out Of Nothing
- Oh Yeah
- Old Polina
- Ordinary Day
- Own True Way
- Penelope
- Protest Song
- Rant And Roar
- Recruiting Sargeant
- Road To Ruin
- Rocks Of Merasheen
- Run Runaway
- Sally Ann
- Scolding Wife
- Sea Of No Cares
- Seagulls
- Shines Right Through Me
- Someday Soon
- Somedays
- Something Beautiful
- Something To It
- Straight To Hell
- Stumblin In
- Summer
- The Chemical Workers Song Process Man
- The Jolly Butcher
- The Mermaid
- The Night Pat Murphy Died
- The Old Black Rum
- Tickle Cove Pond
- Time Brings
- Walk On The Moon
- Wandering Ways
- Wave Over Wave
- What Are Ya At
- When Im Up
- When Im Up I Cant Get Down
- Widow In The Window
- Yankee Sailor
- Yarmouth Town
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"Jakey's Gin" (Trad./Arr. GBS)
From "Play"(1997)
an odd song about a St. John's bootlegger, apparently.
with the chorus of the very similar "Whiskey, You're the Devil"
tacked on in the coda. Sung by Darrell Power.
Capo 5th fret.
Intro: G.....
G Cadd9 G
When I was a young man I was led astray
D G
I met with a buddy down in Logy Bay
G
we went out in all weather,
Cadd9 G
we wore out our shoes,
G D
goin' up Kings Bridge Road for a drink o' Booze
CHORUS:
G Cadd9 G
Drink her up, boys! it's well after ten
G D G
Drink her up, boys! it's well after ten
G F|G F|G...
some people say that the Pinky is fine
others will swear by a drop of moonshine
but as for myself I've a bottle of each
mixed in with a gallon of dipper and screech
Chorus
It's the old shaving lotion that's made me this way
sweeter than Pepsi and stronger then tea
and when in the evening when we're feeling fine
we stop into Jakey's for icons and 'shine
Chorus
It's the old shaving lotion that's made me this way
sweeter then Pepsi an' stronger than tea
and when in the morning when I'm feelin' rough
I curse old Jakey who sold me this stuff
CHORUS x2....
"Take a two-four out the door!"
Da-da-da-da-da-da....
Ah,whiskey you're the devil, you're leadin' me astray
over hills and mountains and to Americay
you're nicer, stronger, decenter, you're spunkier than tea
oh, whiskey you're me darlin' drunk or sober
fade over verse chords
From "Play"(1997)
an odd song about a St. John's bootlegger, apparently.
with the chorus of the very similar "Whiskey, You're the Devil"
tacked on in the coda. Sung by Darrell Power.
Capo 5th fret.
Intro: G.....
G Cadd9 G
When I was a young man I was led astray
D G
I met with a buddy down in Logy Bay
G
we went out in all weather,
Cadd9 G
we wore out our shoes,
G D
goin' up Kings Bridge Road for a drink o' Booze
CHORUS:
G Cadd9 G
Drink her up, boys! it's well after ten
G D G
Drink her up, boys! it's well after ten
G F|G F|G...
some people say that the Pinky is fine
others will swear by a drop of moonshine
but as for myself I've a bottle of each
mixed in with a gallon of dipper and screech
Chorus
It's the old shaving lotion that's made me this way
sweeter than Pepsi and stronger then tea
and when in the evening when we're feeling fine
we stop into Jakey's for icons and 'shine
Chorus
It's the old shaving lotion that's made me this way
sweeter then Pepsi an' stronger than tea
and when in the morning when I'm feelin' rough
I curse old Jakey who sold me this stuff
CHORUS x2....
"Take a two-four out the door!"
Da-da-da-da-da-da....
Ah,whiskey you're the devil, you're leadin' me astray
over hills and mountains and to Americay
you're nicer, stronger, decenter, you're spunkier than tea
oh, whiskey you're me darlin' drunk or sober
fade over verse chords
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