The Hard and the Easy

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The Hard and The Easy
Studio album by Great Big Sea
Released	2005 (Canada)
Genre	Folk
Length	41:22
Label	Warner Music Canada
Professional reviews
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Great Big Sea chronology
Something Beautiful* (2004) The Hard and The Easy (2005) Fortune's Favour (2008)

The Hard and The Easy is an album by Great Big Sea. It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada and October 25, 2005 in the US. It reached gold status by October 25, 2005.

The album is a compilation of traditional Newfoundland songs, many of which were collected together in the Gerald S. Doyle song books.

The album was nominated for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year by a group at the 2006 Juno Awards.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Song information 3 Additional information 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Come And I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles)"
2. "Old Polina"
3. "The River Driver"
4. "The Mermaid"
5. "Captain Kidd"
6. "Graceful & Charming (Sweet Forget-Me-Not)"
7. "Concerning Charlie Horse"
8. "Harbour LeCou"
9. "Tishialuk Girls Set (Father's Jig / Buffet Double / Tishialuk Girls)"
10. "French Shore"
11. "Cod Liver Oil"
12. "Tickle Cove Pond"

[edit] Song information

• "Come and I Will Sing You" is a variation on a song that has been around since early Islamic times. It is similar to the version known as "Green Grow the Rushes, O."

• "Captain Kidd" is about the infamous pirate William Kidd.

• After the album was released, the band discovered that "The Mermaid" was actually written by Shel Silverstein.

• "Graceful & Charming (Sweet Forget Me Not)" was actually composed by Bobby Newcome of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1877.^[1].

[edit] Additional information

The album offered through iTunes came with a digital copy of the booklet. In addition, a live version of "The Old Black Rum" was offered to those who signed up for the pre-order.

The CD version of the album came with a bonus DVD featuring back-stories, commentary and informal performances of many of the album tracks.

The title of the album comes from a line in the final track "Tickle Cove Pond".

[edit] See also

List of Newfoundland songs

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Hard and The Easy page at the Official GBS Website