Barrett's Privateers Lyrics: Oh, the year was 1778 / How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now / A letter of marque came from the king / To the scummiest vessel I've ever seen / God damn them all, I...

"Barrett's Privateers" is a modern folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired after a song session with the Friends of Fiddler's Green at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury, Ontario. [1]

Stan Rogers "Barrett's Privateers": Oh, the year was 1778 How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now A letter of marque came from the King To th...

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Barrett's Privateers Lyrics: Oh, the year was 1778 / How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now / Well a letter of marque came from the king / To the scummiest vessel I've ever seen / God damn them...

BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS by Stan Rogers Oh, the year was 1778, HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOKE NOW! A letter of marque come from the king, To the scummiest vessel I'd 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 ...

Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs And the main truck carried off both me legs. Now here I lay in my twenty-third year How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now It’s been six years since we sailed away And I just made Halifax yesterday