Stan Rogers's classic sea shanty, "Barrett's Privateers," performed by Jesse Ferguson, the Bard of Cornwall. Lyrics below.
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Barrett’s Privateers
(Stan Rogers [1976], arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013)
a cappella, 104 bpm
V1.
O, the year was Seventeen Seventy-Eight.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
When a letter of marque came from the king
to the scummiest vessel I've ever seen.
Chorus:
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.
V2.
O, 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.
Chorus:
V3.
O, The Antelope sloop was a sickening site.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
She'd list to the port with her sails in rags
and the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags.
Chorus:
V4.
On the King's birthday we put to sea.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
We were ninety-one days to Montego Bay,
pumpin’ like madmen all the way.
Chorus:
V5.
On the ninety-sixth day we sailed again.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight;
with our crack four-pounders we made to fight.
Chorus:
V6.
O, 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.
Chorus:
V7.
At length we stood two cables away.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
Our crack four-pounders made awful din,
but with one fat ball the Yank stove us in.
Chorus:
V8.
O, the Antelope shook and pitched on her side.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
Barrett was crushed like a bowl of eggs,
and the main truck carried off both me legs.
Chorus:
V9.
And here I lay in my twenty-third year.
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
It's been six long years since we sailed away,
and I just made Halifax yesterday.
Chorus: [Draw out final two lines]
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