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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
O Elcid Barrett cried the town
HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOK NOW
For twenty brave men all fishermen who
Would make for him the Antelope's crew
GOD DAMN THEM ALL
I was told, we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Privateers
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The "Antelopes" sloop was a sickening sight
( "How I wish I was in Sherbrook now!")
She had 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
I was told, we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Privateers