There’s been much drink imbibed to this song and much singing along to its chorus.
It’s also a song so beloved in Canada that it is considered the unofficial anthem of the Royal Canadian Navy. It was standard practice for centuries, and one could argue that a version of it still occurs today.īarrett’s Privateers is a song that’s rough and raw and full of regret, about youthful adventure gone so horribly awry. Privateers were independent military contractors/pirates, who were commissioned by various states/kingdoms to wage war-sanctioned piracy of enemy vessels. While fictional, the song rather accurately depicts 18th-century privateering life. Stan Rogers’ sea shanty chronicles the fateful voyage of the fictional privateering vessel, the Antelope, owned by one Elcid Barrett, hence the title, Barrett’s Privateers. I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold #6 Barrett’s Privateers Written and Performed by Stan Rogers
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