Oh, I Used To Be A Pirate And I Made A Living Fine,


I Had A Little Stretch Of Land Along The CP Line


But Time Went By And Though I Tried, The Money Wasn't There


And Bankers Came And Took My Land And Told Me Fair Is Fair


I Looked For Every Kind Of Job, The Answer Always "no"


Hire You Now, They'd Always Laugh, We Just Let Twenty Go!


The Government, They Offered Me A Measly Little Sum


But I've Got Too Much Pride To End Up Just Another Bum.


And So I Thought Who Gives A Damn If All The Jobs Are Gone


I'm Gonna Be A PIRATE! On The River Saskatchewan!





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And It's A Heave-ho! Hi-ho!


Coming Down The Plains


Stealing Wheat And Barley And All The Other Grains


And It's A Ho-hey! Hi-hey!


Farmers Bar Your Doors When You See The Jolly Roger On Regina's Mighty Shores.


Arr!





Well You Think The Locals Farmers Would Know That I'm At Large


But, Just The Other Day I Found An Unprotected Barge


I Suck Up Right Behind Them And They Were None The Wiser,


I Rammed Their Ship, And Sank It, And I Stole Their Fertilizer!


A Bridge Outside Of Moosejaw Spans A Mighty River


The Farmers Pass In So Much Fear, Their Stomachs Are A-quiver


Because The Know That TRACTOR JACK! Is Hiding In The Bay,


I'll Jump The Bridge And Knock Them Cold And Sail Off With Their Hay!





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Well Mountie Bob He Chased Me, Hey Was Always At My Throat


He'd Follow On The Shoreline 'cuz He Didn't Own A Boat


But Cutbacks Were A-coming So The Mountie Lost His Job


Now He's Sailing With Me And We Call Him Salty Bob.


A Swingin' Sword, And Sull N' Bones, And Pleasant Company


I Never Pay The Income Tax And Screw The GST- SCREW IT!


Prince Albert Down To Saskatoon, I'm The Terror Of The Sea


If Ya Wanna Reach The Co-op, Boy, You Gotta Get By Me!





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Arrrrr Matey! Get It? Metis? Ha-ha, That's Riel-ly Funny! You Know? Louis Riel?





Well, Pirate Life's Appealing. But You Don't Just Find It Here


I've Heard That In Alberta, There's A Ban