The Nancy

Verse
What D5Clothes Men CWear Do D5Give Them Airs, The CFellows GDo ComD5pare
A D5Colonel's CRegimeD5ntals Shine, And CWomen GCall Him AFair
I Am D5AlexCander D5Macintosh, D5Nephew CTo The GLaird
And I D5Do Disdain Men Who Are Vain, The CMen With GPowdered D5Hair

I D5Command The CNancy D5Schooner From The CMoy On GLake St. D5Claire
On The D5Third Day COf OcD5tober, Boys, I CDid Set GSail For TAhere
To The D5GarriCson At D5Amherstburg I D5Quickly CWould ReGpair
With D5Captain Maxwell And His Wife And CKids And GPowdered D5Hair

Chorus
Aboard The GNancy   F​
In FRegiGmentals D5Bright
Aboard The GNancy   F​
With FAll His GPomp And D5Bluster There, ACboard The GNancy-D5O

Verse
BeD5low The CSt. Clair D5Rapids I Sent CScouts GUnto The D5Shore
To D5Ask A CFriendly D5Wyandot To CSay What GLay BeAfore
D5"AmherstCburg Has D5Fallen, With The D5Same For CYou In GStore!
And MiD5litias Sent To Take You Here, CFifty GHorse Or D5More."

Well D5Up Comes CCaptain D5Maxwell Then, "SuCrrender, GNow, I D5Say!
Give D5Up Your CNancy GSchooner And Make COff WithGout DeAlay!
Set D5Me ACshore, I D5Do Implore. I D5Will Not CDie This GDay!"
Says D5I, "You Go, Or Get Below, For CI'll Be GOn My D5Way!"

Chorus
Aboard The GNancy   F​
"SuFrrender, GHell!" I D5Say
Aboard The GNancy   F​
"It's FBack To GMackiD5nac I'll Fight, ACboard The GNancy-D5O."

Verse
Well D5Up Comes CColonel D5Beaubien, Then, Who CShouts As GHe Draws D5Near
"Give D5Up Your CNancy D5Schooner And I CSwear You've GNaught To AFear
We've D5Got Your CCaptain D5Maxwell, Sir, D5Spare YourCself His GTears."
Says D5I, "I'll Not But Send You Shot To CBuzz AGbout Your D5Ears."

We D5Fired As CWe Hove D5Anchor, Boys, And CWe Got GUnder D5Way
But D5Scarce A CDozen D5Broadsides, Boys, The CNancy GDid Them APay
BeD5fore The CBusiness D5Sickened Them, They D5Bravely CRan AGway
All D5Sail We Made, And Reached The Lake BeCfore The GClose Of D5Day

Chorus
Aboard The GNancy    F​
We FSent Them GShot And D5Cheers
Aboard The GNancy    F​
We FWatched Them GRunning D5Through The Trees, ACboard The GNancy-D5O

Verse
D5MiliCtary D5Gentlemen, They CBluster, GRoar And D5Pray
Nine D5Sailors COn The D5Nancy, Boys, Made CFifty GRun AAway
The D5Powder CIn Their D5Hair That Day Was D5Powder CSent Their GWay
By D5Poor And Ragged Sailor Men Who CSwore That GThey Would D5Stay

Chorus
Aboard The GNancy    F​
Six FPence And GPound A D5Day
Aboard The GNancy    F​
No FUniGform For D5Men To Scorn, ACboard The GNancy-D5O

Aboard The GNancy    F​
Six FPence And GPound A D5Day
Aboard The GNancy    F​
No FUniGform For D5Men To Scorn, ACboard The GNancy-D5O