Oh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1A letter of marque came from the king
To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
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God damn them all, I was told,
1 4 1 4We'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
1 4 1 4But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
5 1The last of Barrett's Priva-teers
1 5 1
Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who
5 4Would make for him the Antelope's crew
1 5 1
The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
She'd a list to the port and her sails in rags
5 4And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags
1 5 1
On the King's birth-day we put to sea
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
We were ninety-one days to Mon-tego Bay
5 4Pumping like madmen all the way
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On the ninety-sixth day we sailed a-gain
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight
5 1With our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight
1 5 1
The Yankee lay low down with gold
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1She was broad and fat and loose in stays
5 1But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
1 5 1
Then at length we stood two cables a-way
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1Our cracked four-pounders made an awful din
5 1But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
1 5 1
The Antelope shook and pitched on her side
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
5 1And the main-truck carried off both me legs
1 5 1
So here I lay in my twenty-third year
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
It's been six years since we sailed a-way
5 1And I just made Halifax yester-day
NOTES:
- Stan Rogers sings acapella
- Parody: Garnet's Homemade Beer (see under Ian Robb)
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