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1 5 1
Oh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
A letter of marque came from the king
5 4To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen
CHORUS
God damn them all, I was told,
1 4 1 4We'd cruise the seas for A-merican gold
5 1 5 4 ( )We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
5 1The last of Barrett's Priva-teers
1 5 1
Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
For twenty brave men, all fishermen, who
5 4Would make for him the Antelope's crew
1 5 1
The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
She'd a list to the port and her sails in rags
5 4And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags
1 5 1
On the King's birth-day we put to sea
4 1 5 ( )How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
We were ninety-one days to Mon-tego Bay
5 4Pumping like madmen all the way
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1 5 1
On the ninety-sixth day we sailed a-gain
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight
5 1With our cracked four-pounders, we made to fight
1 5 1
The Yankee lay low down with gold
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1She was broad and fat and loose in stays
5 1But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
1 5 1
Then at length we stood two cables a-way
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1Our cracked four-pounders made an awful din
5 1But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
1 5 1
The Antelope shook and pitched on her side
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs
5 1And the main-truck carried off both me legs
1 5 1
So here I lay in my twenty-third year
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1It's been six years since we sailed a-way
5 1And I just made Halifax yester-day
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1
Oh, the year was seventeen
5 1..seventy-eight
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
( )1 5 1
A letter of marque came from the
..king
5 4To the scummiest vessel I'd ever
..seen
CHORUS
God damn them all, I was told,
1 4 1We'd cruise the seas for A-merican
4..gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
( )1 4 1
But I'm a broken man on a Halifax
..pier
5 1The last of Barrett's Priva-teers
1 5 1
Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town
4 1 5How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5
For twenty brave men, all
1..fishermen, who
Would make for him the Antelope's
4..crew
1 5
The Antelope sloop was a sickening
1..sight
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
( )1 5
She'd a list to the port and her
..sails in rags
And the cook in the scuppers with
5 4..the staggers and jags
1 5
On the King's birth-day we put to
..sea
4 1 5How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
( )
We were ninety-one days to
1..Mon-tego Bay
5 4Pumping like madmen all the way
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On the ninety-sixth day we sailed
1..a-gain
4 1 4How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1
When a bloody great Yankee hove in
..sight
With our cracked four-pounders, we
5 1..made to fight
1 5 1
The Yankee lay low down with gold
4 1 5How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
1 5 1
She was broad and fat and loose in
..stays
But to catch her took the Antelope
5 1..two whole days
1 5
Then at length we stood two cables
1..a-way
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
( )1 5
Our cracked four-pounders made an
..awful din
But with one fat ball the Yank
5 1..stove us in
1 5
The Antelope shook and pitched on
..her side
4 1 5How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
( )
Barrett was smashed like a bowl of
..eggs
And the main-truck carried off
..both me legs
So here I lay in my twenty-third
..year
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
( )1 5
It's been six years since we
..sailed a-way
5 1And I just made Halifax yester-day
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