{t:We’ll Rant And We’ll Roar}
{st:Newfoundland folk song}
My [C]name it is Robert, they [Dm]call me Bob [G]Pittman,
I sail on the Ino with [G7]skipper Tom [C]Brown; [C]
I'm bound to have Dolly or [Dm]Biddy or [G]Molly,
As [C]soon as I'm [Dm]able to [G]plank the cash [C]down. [C]
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We'll [C]rant and we'll roar like [Dm]true Newfound-[G]landers,
We'll rant and we'll roar on [G7]deck and [C]below [C]
Until we see bottom in-[Dm]side of two [G]sunkers,
[G]Then [C]straight through the [Dm]channel to [G]Toslow we'll [C]go
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I'm the [C]son of a seacook and a [Dm]cook on a [G]trader,
I can dance, I can sing, I can [G7]reef the main [C]boom; [C]
I can handle a jigger and I [Dm]cuts a fine [G]figure,
When-[C]ever I [Dm]gets in a [G]boat's standing [C]room. [C]
If the [C]voyage is good then this [Dm]fall I will [G]do it,
I want two-pound-ten for a [G7]ring and a [C]priest; [C]
A couple of dollars for [Dm]clean shirts and [G]collars,
And a [C]handful of [Dm]coppers to [G]make up a [C]feast. [C]
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{soc}
We'll [C]rant and we'll roar like [Dm]true Newfound-[G]landers,
We'll rant and we'll roar on [G7]deck and [C]below [C]
Until we see bottom in-[Dm]side of two [G]sunkers,
[G]Then [C]straight through the [Dm]channel to [G]Toslow we'll [C]go
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I [C]went to a dance one [Dm]night in Fox [G]Harbour,
There were plenty of girls as [G7]nice as you'd [C]wish; [C]
There was one pretty maiden a-[Dm]chawing on [G]frankgum,
Just [C]like a young [Dm]kitten a-[G]gnawing fresh [C]fish. [C]
There's [C]plump little Polly, her [Dm]name is Golds-[G]worthy,
There's John Coady's Kitty and [G7]Mary Tib-[C]bo; [C]
There's Clara from Brule and [Dm]young Martha [G]Foley,
But the [C]nicest of [Dm]all is my [G]girl from [C]Toslow. [C]
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{soc}
We'll [C]rant and we'll roar like [Dm]true Newfound-[G]landers,
We'll rant and we'll roar on [G7]deck and [C]below [C]
Until we see bottom in-[Dm]side of two [G]sunkers,
[G]Then [C]straight through the [Dm]channel to [G]Toslow we'll [C]go
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Fare-[C]well and adieu to ye [Dm]fair ones of [G]Valen,
Farewell and adieu to ye [G7]ones in the [C]cove; [C]
Now let ye be jolly, don't [Dm]be melan-[G]choly,
For I [C]can't marry [Dm]all or in the [G]chokey I'd [C]be. [C]
Fare-[C]well and adieu to you [Dm]girls of Fox [G]Harbour,
Oderin and Presque, Crabbes [G7]Hole and [C]Brule; [C]
I'm bound to the westward to the [Dm]wall with the [G]hole in,
For I [C]can't marry [Dm]all or in the [G]chokey I'd [C]be. [C]
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
We'll [C]rant and we'll roar like [Dm]true Newfound-[G]landers,
We'll rant and we'll roar on [G7]deck and [C]below [C]
Until we see bottom in-[Dm]side of two [G]sunkers,
[G]Then [C]straight through the [Dm]channel to [G]Toslow we'll [C]go
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Fare-[C]well and adieu to ye [Dm]girls of St. [G]Kyran's,
Of Paradise and Presque, big and [G7]little Bo-[C]na; [C]
I'm bound unto Toslow to [Dm]marry sweet [G]Biddy,
And [C]if I don't [Dm]do so, I'm [G]afraid of her [C]da. [C]
I've [C]bought me a house from [Dm]Katherine [G]Davis,
A twenty-pound bed from [G7]Jimmy Mc-[C]Graw; [C]
I'll get me a settle, a [Dm]pot and a [G]kettle,
And [C]then I'll be [Dm]ready for [G]Biddy - [C]hurrah! [C]
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
We'll [C]rant and we'll roar like [Dm]true Newfound-[G]landers,
We'll rant and we'll roar on [G7]deck and [C]below [C]
Until we see bottom in-[Dm]side of two [G]sunkers,
[G]Then [C]straight through the [Dm]channel to [G]Toslow we'll [C]go
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{t:We’ll Rant And We’ll Roar}
