Tonalidad: D major
Verse 1
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Oh, the year was 1778.
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D
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
D
A letter of Mark came from the king
To the scummiest vessel I'd
ever seen.
God damn them all!
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A
G
I was told we'd cruise the seas
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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
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on a Halifax pier.
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The last of Barrett's privateers.
Well, Elsie Barrett cried the town.
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
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What twenty brave men,
all fishermen,
Who would make for him
the antelope's crew?
God damn them all,
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I was told we'd cruise
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D
The seas for American gold,
we'd fire no guns,
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Now I'm a broken man on
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a Halifax pier,
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The last to bear its privateers.
Well, the antelope's sloop
was a sickening 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 sails in rags
And the cook in the scuppers
with the staggers and jags
God damn them all,
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A
G
I was told we'd cruise the seas
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For American gold
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G
we'd fire no guns, shed no tears
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D
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Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
D
The last to bear its privateers
On the king's birthday we put to sea
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
D
It was 91 days to Montego Bay,
pumpin' like madmen all the way,
god damn them all.
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I was told we'd cruise the seas
D
G
for American gold,
D
G
we'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
D
G
Now I'm a broken man on
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G
a Halifax pier,
D
the last to bear its privateers.
On the 96th day we sailed again,
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how I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.
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When a bloody great Yankov into sight,
With our cracked four -pounders we made to fight,
God damn them all!
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I was told we'd cruise the seas
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for American gold,
D
G
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears,
D
G
Now I'm a broken man on
D
G
a Halifax pier,
D
The last to bear its privateers.
The Yankee lay low down with gold,
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A
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
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She was broad and fat and loose in the stays,
But to catch her took the antelope
two whole days.
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God damn them all!
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D
I was told we'd cruise the seas
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for American gold.
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G
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
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G
Now I'm a broken man on
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G
a Halifax pier,
D
The last to bear its privateers.
Then at length we stood two
cables away.
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D
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!
D
Our cracked four
-pounders made an awful din
But with one fat ball the Yanks stove us in
God damn them all!
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D
I was told we'd cruise the seas
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for American gold
D
G
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
D
G
D
G
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
D
The last to bear its privateers
The antelope shook and
pitched on her side
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How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
D
Well, Barrett was smashed like
a bowl of eggs
And the main truck carried off both me legs
God damn them all!
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A
G
I was told we'd cruise the seas
D
G
for American gold
D
G
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
D
G
D
G
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
D
The last of Barrett's privateers
D
So here I sit in my twenty -third year
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I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
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It's been six years since I sailed away,
and I just made Halifax yesterday.
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God damn them all!
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A
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I was told we'd cruise the seas
D
G
for American gold,
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G
we'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
D
Now I'm a broken man
G
on a Halifax pier,
D
the last to bear its privateers.
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