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Cake day: February 10th, 2024

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  • 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 Privateers. Oh, Elcid Barrett cried the town, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now, For twenty brave men all fishermen who Would make for him the Antelope’s crew Chorus The Antelope sloop was a sickening sight, How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now, She’d a list to the port and and her sails in rags And the cook in scuppers with the staggers and the jags