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Oh, the year was seventeen seventy eight |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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A letter of marque came from the King |
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To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who |
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Would make for him the Antelope's crew |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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She'd a list to port and her sails in rags |
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And a cook in the scuppers with and staggers jags |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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On the King's birthday we put to sea |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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We were ninety-one days to Montego bay |
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Pumping like madmen all the way |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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On the ninety-sixth day we sailed again |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight |
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With our cracked four-pounders we made to fight |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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The Yankee lay low down with gold |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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She was broad and fat and loose in the stays |
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But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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|
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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Then at length we stood two cables away |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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Our cracked four-pounders made an awful din |
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But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
| [03:35.35] |
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
| [03:38.20] |
The last of Barrett's privateers |
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The Antelope shook and pitched on her side |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs |
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And the maintruck carried off both me legs |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
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We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
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So here I lay in my twenty-third year |
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now |
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It's been six years since we sailed away |
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And I just made Halifax yesterday |
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God Damn them all! I was told |
| [04:17.98] |
We'd cruise the seas for American gold |
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We'd fire no guns, shed no tears |
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier |
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The last of Barrett's privateers |
