barretts privateers chords by
The Irish Descendants
The Irish Descendants

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Key: C major
Verse 1
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Oh, the year was 1778, HOW I WISH I
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WAS IN SHERBROOKE NOW!
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A letter of marque come from the king,
To the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen,
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CHORUS: God damn them all!
Verse 2
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I was
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told we'd cruise the
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seas for American gold
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We'd fire no guns- shed no tears
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
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The last of Barrett's Privateers.
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Oh, Elcid Barrett cried
Verse 3
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the town,
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HOW I WISH I WAS . . .
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For twenty brave men all
fishermen who
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Would make for him the Antelope's crew
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(chorus)
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The Antelope sloop was a
Verse 4
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sickening sight,
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She'd a list to the port
and and her sails in rags
And the cook in scuppers with the staggers
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and
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the jags
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Verse 5
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On the King's birthday we put to sea,
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We were 91 days to Montego Bay
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Pumping like madmen all the way
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(chorus)
Verse 6
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On the 96th day we sailed again,
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When a bloody great Yankee hove in sight
With our cracked four pounders we made
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to fight
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Verse 7
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The Yankee lay low down with gold,
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She was broad and fat
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and loose in the stays
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But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
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Verse 8
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Then at length we stood two
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cables away,
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Our cracked four pounders
made an awful din
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But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in
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The Antelope shook and pitched
Verse 9
on her side,
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Barrett was smashed like
a bowl of eggs
And the Maintruck carried off both me leg
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(chorus)
Verse 10
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So here I lay in my 23rd year,
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It's been 6 years since we sailed away
And I just made Halifax yesterday
Outro 1
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