The Nancy

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What C5Clothes Men A#Wear Do GC5ive Them Airs, The FA#ellows DoF CompaC5re
A C5Colonel's A#RegimenC5tals Shine, And WA#omen CaFll Him FaGir
I Am C5AlexA#ander MC5acintosh, NC5ephew TA#o The LaFird
And I C5Do Disdain Men Who Are Vain, The A#Men With PFowdered HC5air

I C5Command The A#Nancy SC5chooner From The MA#oy On LaFke St. ClC5aire
On The C5Third Day A#Of OctC5ober, Boys, I DA#id Set SaFil For TheGre
To The C5GarriA#son At AC5mherstburg I QC5uickly WA#ould RepaFir
With C5Captain Maxwell And His Wife And A#Kids And PFowdered HC5air

Chorus
Aboard The FNancy   D#​
In D#RegimFentals BC5right
Aboard The FNancy   D#​
With D#All His PFomp And BC5luster There, AbA#oard The NaFncy-O C5​

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BeC5low The A#St. Clair RC5apids I Sent SA#couts UnFto The ShC5ore
To C5Ask A A#Friendly WC5yandot To SA#ay What LaFy BefoGre
C5"AmherstA#burg Has FC5allen, With The SC5ame For YA#ou In StFore!
And MiC5litias Sent To Take You Here, A#Fifty HForse Or MC5ore."

Well C5Up Comes A#Captain MC5axwell Then, "SurA#render, NoFw, I SaC5y!
Give C5Up Your A#Nancy SFchooner And Make OA#ff WithouFt DelaGy!
Set C5Me AA#shore, I DC5o Implore. I WC5ill Not DA#ie This DaFy!"
Says C5I, "You Go, Or Get Below, For A#I'll Be OFn My WC5ay!"

Chorus
Aboard The FNancy   D#​
"SuD#rrender, HFell!" I SC5ay
Aboard The FNancy   D#​
"It's D#Back To MFackinC5ac I'll Fight, AbA#oard The NaFncy-O.C5"

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Well C5Up Comes A#Colonel BC5eaubien, Then, Who SA#houts As HeF Draws NeC5ar
"Give C5Up Your A#Nancy SC5chooner And I SA#wear You've NaFught To FeGar
We've C5Got Your A#Captain MC5axwell, Sir, SC5pare YoursA#elf His TeFars."
Says C5I, "I'll Not But Send You Shot To A#Buzz AbFout Your EC5ars."

We C5Fired As A#We Hove AC5nchor, Boys, And WA#e Got UnFder WaC5y
But C5Scarce A A#Dozen BC5roadsides, Boys, The NA#ancy DiFd Them PaGy
BeC5fore The A#Business SC5ickened Them, They BC5ravely RA#an AwaFy
All C5Sail We Made, And Reached The Lake BeA#fore The CFlose Of DC5ay

Chorus
Aboard The FNancy    D#​
We D#Sent Them SFhot And CC5heers
Aboard The FNancy    D#​
We D#Watched Them RFunning TC5hrough The Trees, AbA#oard The NaFncy-O C5​

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C5MiliA#tary GC5entlemen, They BA#luster, RoFar And PrC5ay
Nine C5Sailors A#On The NC5ancy, Boys, Made FA#ifty RuFn AwaGy
The C5Powder A#In Their HC5air That Day Was PC5owder SA#ent Their WaFy
By C5Poor And Ragged Sailor Men Who A#Swore That TFhey Would SC5tay

Chorus
Aboard The FNancy    D#​
Six D#Pence And PFound A DC5ay
Aboard The FNancy    D#​
No D#UnifForm For MC5en To Scorn, AbA#oard The NaFncy-O C5​

Aboard The FNancy    D#​
Six D#Pence And PFound A DC5ay
Aboard The FNancy    D#​
No D#UnifForm For MC5en To Scorn, AbA#oard The NaFncy-O C5​