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The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
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I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
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I had a little stretch of land along the C.P. Line
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But times went by, and though I tried, the money wasn't there
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And bankers came and took my land, and told me "fair is fair".
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I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no
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"Hire you now," they'd always laugh, "we just let twenty go!"
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The government, they promised me a measly little sum
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But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum
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Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone,
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I'm gonna be a pirate on the river Saskatchewan.
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'Cause it's a heave-ho, high-ho, coming down the Plains
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Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
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And it's a ho-hey, high-hey, farmers bar your doors
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When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
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Well, you'd think the local farmers would know that I'm at large
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But just the other day I found an unprotected barge
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I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
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I rammed their ship and sank it, and I stole their fertilizer.
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A bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans a mighty river
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Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are a-quiver
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'Cause they know that Tractor Jack is hidin' in the bay,
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I'll jump the bridge and knock 'em cold and sail off with their hay.
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'Cause it's a heave-ho, high-ho, coming down the Plains
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Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
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And it's a ho-hey, high-hey, farmers bar your doors
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When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
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Well, Mountie Bob, he chased me, he was always at my throat
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He followed on the shoreline, 'cause he didn't own a boat,
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But cutbacks were a-coming, so the Mountie lost his job
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So now he's sailing with me and we call him Salty Bob.
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A swinging sword, a skull-and-bones, and pleasant company,
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I never pay my income tax and screw the G.S.T. (Screw it!)
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Sailin' down the Saskatoon, the terror of the sea
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If you wanna reach the Co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!
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'Cause it's a heave-ho, high-ho, coming down the Plains
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Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
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And it's a ho-hey, high-hey, farmers bar your doors
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When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
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Well pirate life's appealing but you don't just find it here
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I hear in north Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
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They roam the Athabasca from Smith to Fort McKay
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And you're gonna lose your Stetson if you have to pass their way
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Well, winter is a-coming and a chill is in the breeze
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My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze
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I'll be back in springtime, but now I have to go
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I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico.
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'Cause it's a heave-ho, high-ho, coming down the Plains
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Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
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And it's a ho-hey, high-hey, farmers bar your doors
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When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
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'Cause it's a heave-ho, high-ho, coming down the Plains
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Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
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And it's a ho-hey, high-hey, farmers bar your doors
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When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
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When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores
The Last Saskatchewan Pirate by Captain ...
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