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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
F Bb F
Come all ye friends I'll sit you down and sing an oleful ditty,
Bb F Dm C
T'was on a day in April month, we started from the city,
F Bb F
We planned a day or two at Mahers, we stalwart men were chosen,
Bb F Dm C F
To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond, who fell in when the pond was frozen.
Bb C
[Verse 2]
F Bb F
We seven men came roaring down, on the road to Roaches Line,
Bb F Dm C
We might have stopped in Avondale or Brigus might have been fine,
F Bb F
We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in nor took any time to park us,
Bb F Dm C F
We all of us knew that we must get through to remove old Charlie's carcass.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
Bb F Dm C
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
F Bb F
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
Bb F Dm C F Bb C
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Verse 3]
F Bb F
In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and beside him Old Moose Coosten,
Bb F Dm C
And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark in the back seat he was roostin',
F Bb F
There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police, it wasn't hard to find him,
Bb F Dm C F
And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in beside him.
[Verse 4]
F Bb F
Kevin and Buck was also there, but they brought some brawn and brains,
Bb F Dm C
They was aiming to help as best they could to remove old Chuck's remains,
F Bb F
Charlie was like a brother to Shave and he loved him well of course,
Bb F Dm C F
Charlie was a very good man you see although he'd been a horse.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
G, C, D
[Verse 5]
G C G
Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details and just relate the end.
C G Em D
With two stout dories and a few strong ropes we removed old Shavey's friend,
G C G
We gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed,
C G Em D G
So long as we helped old Shave and his friend, our loyalty was proved.
[Verse 6]
G C G
Somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright,
C G D
Charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right.
G C G
Shave will join him there one day and he'll bring the harness leather,
C G Em D G
And so and for all of eternity they'll pull the logs together.
[Chorus] (x2)
G C G
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
C G Em D
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
G C G
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
C G Em D G
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
(2nd time play last line like below)
C G Em G D G
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Outro]
G, C, D x2 G
F Bb F
Come all ye friends I'll sit you down and sing an oleful ditty,
Bb F Dm C
T'was on a day in April month, we started from the city,
F Bb F
We planned a day or two at Mahers, we stalwart men were chosen,
Bb F Dm C F
To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond, who fell in when the pond was frozen.
Bb C
[Verse 2]
F Bb F
We seven men came roaring down, on the road to Roaches Line,
Bb F Dm C
We might have stopped in Avondale or Brigus might have been fine,
F Bb F
We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in nor took any time to park us,
Bb F Dm C F
We all of us knew that we must get through to remove old Charlie's carcass.
[Chorus]
F Bb F
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
Bb F Dm C
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
F Bb F
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
Bb F Dm C F Bb C
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Verse 3]
F Bb F
In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and beside him Old Moose Coosten,
Bb F Dm C
And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark in the back seat he was roostin',
F Bb F
There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police, it wasn't hard to find him,
Bb F Dm C F
And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in beside him.
[Verse 4]
F Bb F
Kevin and Buck was also there, but they brought some brawn and brains,
Bb F Dm C
They was aiming to help as best they could to remove old Chuck's remains,
F Bb F
Charlie was like a brother to Shave and he loved him well of course,
Bb F Dm C F
Charlie was a very good man you see although he'd been a horse.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
G, C, D
[Verse 5]
G C G
Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details and just relate the end.
C G Em D
With two stout dories and a few strong ropes we removed old Shavey's friend,
G C G
We gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed,
C G Em D G
So long as we helped old Shave and his friend, our loyalty was proved.
[Verse 6]
G C G
Somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright,
C G D
Charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right.
G C G
Shave will join him there one day and he'll bring the harness leather,
C G Em D G
And so and for all of eternity they'll pull the logs together.
[Chorus] (x2)
G C G
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
C G Em D
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
G C G
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
C G Em D G
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
(2nd time play last line like below)
C G Em G D G
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Outro]
G, C, D x2 G
Green Day
Green Valley
Greenhorns
Greenskeepers
Greensky Bluegra (...)