Barretts Privateers

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Oh the year was 
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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 
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king
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To the scummiest vessel I'd ever 
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seen

[Chorus]
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Goddamn them all
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I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
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The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
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Oh Euclid 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 
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fishermen, who
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Would make for him the Antelope's 
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crew

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
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I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
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The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
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The Antelope sloop was a sickening 
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sight
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
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She'd a-list to the port and her 
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sails in rags
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And the cook in the scuppers with 
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the staggers and jags

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
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I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
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The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
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On the king's birthday we put to sea
Continúa después del anuncio
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
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We were ninty-one days to Montego 
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Bay
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Pumping like madmen all the way

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
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I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F       F         G    C
The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
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On the ninethy-sixth day we sailed
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 again
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
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When a bloody great Yankee hove in 
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sight
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With our cracked four-pounders, we 
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made to fight

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
C     F
I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
F
gold
     G       C
We'd fire no guns
G       F
Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F       F         G    C
The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
    C              G         C
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 
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with stays
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But to catch her took the Antelope 
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two whole days

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
C     F
I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
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The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
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Then at length we stood two cables
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 away
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
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Our cracked four-pounders made an 
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aweful din
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But with one fat ball the Yank 
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stove us in

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
C     F
I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F       F         G    C
The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
    C                  G          
The Antelope shook and pitched on 
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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 
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eggs
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And the main truck carried off 
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both me legs

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
C     F
I was told
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We'd cruse the seas for American 
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gold
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We'd fire no guns
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Shed no tears
      C      F        C       F
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F       F         G    C
The last of Barrett's privateers

[Verse]
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So here I lay in the twenty-third 
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year
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
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It's been six years since we 
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sailed away
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And I just made Halifax yesterday

[Chorus]
   G         C
Goddamn them all
C     F
I was told
     C         F          C      
We'd cruse the seas for American 
F
gold
     G       C
We'd fire no guns
G       F
Shed no tears
      C      F        C       F
I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
    F       F         G    C
The last of Barrett's privateers

[Otro]
(Slowly)
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I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier 
(hold it)
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The last of Barrett's 
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privateeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the
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