The Nancy

Verse
What A5Clothes Men GWear Do A5Give Them Airs, The GFellows DDo ComA5pare
A A5Colonel's GRegimeA5ntals Shine, And GWomen DCall Him EFair
I Am A5AlexGander A5Macintosh, A5Nephew GTo The DLaird
And I A5Do Disdain Men Who Are Vain, The GMen With DPowdered A5Hair

I A5Command The GNancy A5Schooner From The GMoy On DLake St. A5Claire
On The A5Third Day GOf OcA5tober, Boys, I GDid Set DSail For TEhere
To The A5GarriGson At A5Amherstburg I A5Quickly GWould ReDpair
With A5Captain Maxwell And His Wife And GKids And DPowdered A5Hair

Chorus
Aboard The DNancy   C​
In CRegiDmentals A5Bright
Aboard The DNancy   C​
With CAll His DPomp And A5Bluster There, AGboard The DNancy-A5O

Verse
BeA5low The GSt. Clair A5Rapids I Sent GScouts DUnto The A5Shore
To A5Ask A GFriendly A5Wyandot To GSay What DLay BeEfore
A5"AmherstGburg Has A5Fallen, With The A5Same For GYou In DStore!
And MiA5litias Sent To Take You Here, GFifty DHorse Or A5More."

Well A5Up Comes GCaptain A5Maxwell Then, "SuGrrender, DNow, I A5Say!
Give A5Up Your GNancy DSchooner And Make GOff WithDout DeElay!
Set A5Me AGshore, I A5Do Implore. I A5Will Not GDie This DDay!"
Says A5I, "You Go, Or Get Below, For GI'll Be DOn My A5Way!"

Chorus
Aboard The DNancy   C​
"SuCrrender, DHell!" I A5Say
Aboard The DNancy   C​
"It's CBack To DMackiA5nac I'll Fight, AGboard The DNancy-A5O."

Verse
Well A5Up Comes GColonel A5Beaubien, Then, Who GShouts As DHe Draws A5Near
"Give A5Up Your GNancy A5Schooner And I GSwear You've DNaught To EFear
We've A5Got Your GCaptain A5Maxwell, Sir, A5Spare YourGself His DTears."
Says A5I, "I'll Not But Send You Shot To GBuzz ADbout Your A5Ears."

We A5Fired As GWe Hove A5Anchor, Boys, And GWe Got DUnder A5Way
But A5Scarce A GDozen A5Broadsides, Boys, The GNancy DDid Them EPay
BeA5fore The GBusiness A5Sickened Them, They A5Bravely GRan ADway
All A5Sail We Made, And Reached The Lake BeGfore The DClose Of A5Day

Chorus
Aboard The DNancy    C​
We CSent Them DShot And A5Cheers
Aboard The DNancy    C​
We CWatched Them DRunning A5Through The Trees, AGboard The DNancy-A5O

Verse
A5MiliGtary A5Gentlemen, They GBluster, DRoar And A5Pray
Nine A5Sailors GOn The A5Nancy, Boys, Made GFifty DRun AEway
The A5Powder GIn Their A5Hair That Day Was A5Powder GSent Their DWay
By A5Poor And Ragged Sailor Men Who GSwore That DThey Would A5Stay

Chorus
Aboard The DNancy    C​
Six CPence And DPound A A5Day
Aboard The DNancy    C​
No CUniDform For A5Men To Scorn, AGboard The DNancy-A5O

Aboard The DNancy    C​
Six CPence And DPound A A5Day
Aboard The DNancy    C​
No CUniDform For A5Men To Scorn, AGboard The DNancy-A5O