Oh, the year was 1778 How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! A letter of marque came from the king To the scummiest vessel I´d ever seen
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! For twenty brave men all fishermen who Would make for him the Antelope´s crew
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! She´d a list to the port and her sails in rags And the cook in scuppers with the staggers and the jags
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
On the King´s birthday we put to sea How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! We were 91 days to Montego Bay Pumping like madmen all the way
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
On the 96th day we sailed again How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight With our cracked four pounders we made to fight
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
The Yankee lay low down with gold How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! She was broad and fat and loose in the stays But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett´s Privateers Ladies and gentlemen, mister Heri Joensen
Then at length we stood two cables away How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! Our cracked four pounders made an awful din But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
The Antelope shook and pitched on her side How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs And the Maintruck carried off both me legs
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
So here I lay in my 23rd year How I Wish I Was In Sherbrooke Now! It´s been 6 years since we sailed away And I just made Halifax yesterday
God damn them all! I was told we´d cruise the seas for American gold We´d fire no guns, shed no tears Now I´m a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett´s Privateers
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