Rant & Roar (Great Big Sea) with lyrics and chords
See also: We'll Rant And We'll Roar (Chris Andrews and others)
And also: We'll Rant And We'll Roar (Omar Blondahl)
And also: We'll Rant And We'll Roar (Collected by Leach)
And also: The Ryans And The Pittmans (Collected by Doyle)
And also: The Ryans And The Pittmans (The Fables)
And also: Ryans And The Pittmans (Ryan's Fancy)

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We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below,
Until we strike bottom inside the two sunkers,
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll go.

I'm a son of a sea cook, I'm a cook and a trader,
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main boom;
I can handle a jigger, I cuts a fine figure,
Whenever I gets in a boat's standing room.

We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below,
Until we strike bottom inside the two sunkers,
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll go.

Farewell and adieu to ye young maids of Valen,
Oderin and Presque, Fox Hole and Brule;
I'm bound for the westward to the wall with the hole in,
I can't marry all or it's yokey I'll be.

We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below,
Until we strike bottom inside the two sunkers,
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll go.

We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below,
Until we strike bottom inside the two sunkers,
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll go.

####.... Variant of We'll Rant And We'll Roar by Henry W. Le Messurier, C.M.G. [1848-1931] c.1878 - civil servant (60 years); politician; author; editor of the Evening Herald and later deputy minister of customs in St. John's ....####

Great Big Sea Variant (Capo 1st Fret)

Intro: [E] [A] [B] [E]

Chorus:
We'll [E] rant and we'll [C#m] roar like [A] true Newfound- [B] landers.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and be- [E] low,
Until we strikes [C#m] bottom in- [A] side the two [B] sunkers,
When [E] straight through the [A] channel to [B] Toslow we'll [E]* go.
* (flute lead Start D)
[A] [E] [B] [D] [A] [B] [D] [A] [E] [B] [D] [A] [B]

I'm a [E] son of a [C#m] sea cook, I'm a [A] cook in a [B] trader,
I can dance, I can sing, I can reef the main [E] boom,
I can handle a [C#m] jigger, I [A] cuts a fine [B] figure,
When- [E] ever I [A] gets in a [B] boat's standing [E] room.

Chorus:
We'll [E] rant and we'll [C#m] roar like [A] true Newfound- [B] landers.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and be- [E] low,
Until we strikes [C#m] bottom in- [A] side the two [B] sunkers,
When [E] straight through the [A] channel to [B] Toslow we'll [E]* go.
* (flute lead Start D)
[A] [E] [B] [D] [A] [B] [D] [A] [E] [B] [D] [A] [B]

Fare- [E] well and a- [C#m] dieu to ye [A] young maids of [B] Valen,
Oderin and Presque, Fox Hole and Bru- [E] ley,
I'm bound for the [C#m] westward to the [A] wall with the hole [B] in,
I [E] can't marry [A] all or a [B] yokey I'll [E] be.

Chorus:
We'll [E] rant and we'll [C#m] roar like [A] true Newfound- [B] landers.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and be- [E] low,
Until we strikes [C#m] bottom in- [A] side the two [B] sunkers,
When [E] straight through the [A] channel to [B] Toslow we'll [E] go.

Chorus: (a-cappella)
We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders.
We'll rant and we'll roar on deck and below,
Until we strikes bottom inside the two sunkers,
When straight through the channel to Toslow we'll [E]* go.
* (flute lead Start D)
[A] [E] [B] [D] [A] [B] [D] [A] [E] [B] [D] [A] [B]

~ Chords contributed by Bob Dumais ~

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