Barrett's Privateers The Irish Descendants
Barrett's Privateers
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Oh the [C]year was seventeen-[G]seventy-[C]eight
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now.
A [C]letter of [G]marque came [C]from the [C]king
To the [C]scummiest vessel I'd [G]ever [F]seen
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
Oh [C]Euclid Barrett [G]cried the [C]town
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
For [C]twenty brave [G]men, all [C]fishermen, [C]who
Would [C]make for him the [G]Antelope's [F]crew
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
The [C]Antelope sloop was a [G]sickening [C]sight
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
She'd a-[C]list to the port and her [G]sails in [C]rags
And the [C]cook in the [C]scuppers with the [G]staggers and [F]jags
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
On the [C]king's birthday we [G]put to [C]sea
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
We were [C]ninty-one days to[G] Montego[C] Bay
[C]Pumping like [C]madmen [G]all the [F]way
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
On the [C]ninethy-sixth day we [G]sailed a[C]gain
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
When a [C]bloody great Yankee [G]hove in [C]sight
With our [C]cracked four-[C]pounders, we [G]made to [F]fight
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
The [C]Yankee lay low [G]down with [C]gold
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
She was [C]broad and fat and [G]loose with [C]stays
But to [C]catch her took the [C]Antelope [G]two whole [F]days
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
Then at [C]length we stood two [G]cables a[C]way
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
Our [C]cracked four-pounders made an [G]aweful [C]din
But with [C]one fat [C]ball the Yank [G]stove us [F]in
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
The [C]Antelope shook and [G]pitched on her [C]side
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
[C]Barrett was [C]smashed like a [G]bowl of [C]eggs
And the [C]main truck [C]carried off [G]both me [F]legs
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
So [C]here I lay in the [G]twenty-third [C]year
How I [C]wish I [F]was in [C]Sherbrooke [G]now
It's [C]been six [C]years since we [G]sailed [C]away
And I [C]just made [C]Halifax [G]yester[F]day
God[G]damn them [C]all
[C]I was [F]told
We'd [C]cruse the [F]seas for Am[C]erican [F]gold
We'd [G]fire no [C]guns
[G]Shed no [F]tears
I'm a [C]broken [F]man on a [C]Halifax [F]pier
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teers
Slowly:
[C]I'm a b[F]roken man[C] on a Ha[F]lifax pier (hold it)
The [F]last of [F]Barrett's [G]priva[C]teeeeeerrrrssss (go wild on the C)
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