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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"The Old Polina" (Tra/Arr.GBS)
From "The Hard And the Easy"(2005)
Use a capo on the 1st fret (sounding key Eb Major)
D Em
There's a noble fleet O' whalers,sailin' from Dundee,
A G A D
Manned by British sailors to take them o'er the Sea
D Em
On A Western ocean passage we started on the trip,
A G D A D
we flew along just like a song on our gallant whaling ship
twas the second sunday morning,just after leavin' port,
we met a heavy sou'west gale that washed away our boat
it washed away our quarterdeck,our stanchions just as well,
an so we sent the whole shebang ah-floatin' in the gale
Chorus:
D Em
For the wind was on her quarter,the engine's working free,
A G A D
there's not another whaler that sails the Arctic Sea,
D Em
cant beat the Old Polina,ye need not try me sons,
A G D A D
we challenged all both great and small from Dundee to St Johns!
Art Jackman set his Canvas,Fairweather got up steam,
but Captain Guy the daring B'y came plungin' through the stream
and Mullins in "The Husky" tried to beat the bloody lot,
but to beat the Old Polina,boys,was something he could not.
CHORUS
There's the noble "Terra Nova",a model without doubt,
the "Arctic" and "Aurora" they talk so much about.
Art Jackman's model mailboat,the terror of the sea,
tried to beat the Old Polina,on a passage from Dundee.
CHORUS
Now we're back in old St Johns where rum is very cheap,
we'll drink a health to Captain Guy who brought us o'er the deep
A health to all our sweethearts,and to our wives so fair,
not another ship could make the trip,"The Polina!"I declare
CHORUS X2,first A Capella
the first verse is actually sung with just a bodhran,with
the backing coming in for the second verse. the chords
given are the ones starting there (And repeat for the entire
song, including the chorus.
From "The Hard And the Easy"(2005)
Use a capo on the 1st fret (sounding key Eb Major)
D Em
There's a noble fleet O' whalers,sailin' from Dundee,
A G A D
Manned by British sailors to take them o'er the Sea
D Em
On A Western ocean passage we started on the trip,
A G D A D
we flew along just like a song on our gallant whaling ship
twas the second sunday morning,just after leavin' port,
we met a heavy sou'west gale that washed away our boat
it washed away our quarterdeck,our stanchions just as well,
an so we sent the whole shebang ah-floatin' in the gale
Chorus:
D Em
For the wind was on her quarter,the engine's working free,
A G A D
there's not another whaler that sails the Arctic Sea,
D Em
cant beat the Old Polina,ye need not try me sons,
A G D A D
we challenged all both great and small from Dundee to St Johns!
Art Jackman set his Canvas,Fairweather got up steam,
but Captain Guy the daring B'y came plungin' through the stream
and Mullins in "The Husky" tried to beat the bloody lot,
but to beat the Old Polina,boys,was something he could not.
CHORUS
There's the noble "Terra Nova",a model without doubt,
the "Arctic" and "Aurora" they talk so much about.
Art Jackman's model mailboat,the terror of the sea,
tried to beat the Old Polina,on a passage from Dundee.
CHORUS
Now we're back in old St Johns where rum is very cheap,
we'll drink a health to Captain Guy who brought us o'er the deep
A health to all our sweethearts,and to our wives so fair,
not another ship could make the trip,"The Polina!"I declare
CHORUS X2,first A Capella
the first verse is actually sung with just a bodhran,with
the backing coming in for the second verse. the chords
given are the ones starting there (And repeat for the entire
song, including the chorus.
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