The Nancy

Verse
What G5Clothes Men FWear Do G5Give Them Airs, The FFellows CDo ComG5pare
A G5Colonel's FRegimeG5ntals Shine, And FWomen CCall Him DFair
I Am G5AlexFander G5Macintosh, G5Nephew FTo The CLaird
And I G5Do Disdain Men Who Are Vain, The FMen With CPowdered G5Hair

I G5Command The FNancy G5Schooner From The FMoy On CLake St. G5Claire
On The G5Third Day FOf OcG5tober, Boys, I FDid Set CSail For TDhere
To The G5GarriFson At G5Amherstburg I G5Quickly FWould ReCpair
With G5Captain Maxwell And His Wife And FKids And CPowdered G5Hair

Chorus
Aboard The CNancy   A#​
In A#RegimCentals BG5right
Aboard The CNancy   A#​
With A#All His PComp And BG5luster There, AbFoard The NCancy-OG5​

Verse
BeG5low The FSt. Clair G5Rapids I Sent FScouts CUnto The G5Shore
To G5Ask A FFriendly G5Wyandot To FSay What CLay BeDfore
G5"AmherstFburg Has G5Fallen, With The G5Same For FYou In CStore!
And MiG5litias Sent To Take You Here, FFifty CHorse Or G5More."

Well G5Up Comes FCaptain G5Maxwell Then, "SuFrrender, CNow, I G5Say!
Give G5Up Your FNancy CSchooner And Make FOff WithCout DeDlay!
Set G5Me AFshore, I G5Do Implore. I G5Will Not FDie This CDay!"
Says G5I, "You Go, Or Get Below, For FI'll Be COn My G5Way!"

Chorus
Aboard The CNancy   A#​
"SuA#rrender, HCell!" I SG5ay
Aboard The CNancy   A#​
"It's A#Back To MCackinG5ac I'll Fight, AbFoard The NCancy-OG5."

Verse
Well G5Up Comes FColonel G5Beaubien, Then, Who FShouts As CHe Draws G5Near
"Give G5Up Your FNancy G5Schooner And I FSwear You've CNaught To DFear
We've G5Got Your FCaptain G5Maxwell, Sir, G5Spare YourFself His CTears."
Says G5I, "I'll Not But Send You Shot To FBuzz ACbout Your G5Ears."

We G5Fired As FWe Hove G5Anchor, Boys, And FWe Got CUnder G5Way
But G5Scarce A FDozen G5Broadsides, Boys, The FNancy CDid Them DPay
BeG5fore The FBusiness G5Sickened Them, They G5Bravely FRan ACway
All G5Sail We Made, And Reached The Lake BeFfore The CClose Of G5Day

Chorus
Aboard The CNancy    A#​
We A#Sent Them SChot And CG5heers
Aboard The CNancy    A#​
We A#Watched Them RCunning TG5hrough The Trees, AbFoard The NCancy-OG5​

Verse
G5MiliFtary G5Gentlemen, They FBluster, CRoar And G5Pray
Nine G5Sailors FOn The G5Nancy, Boys, Made FFifty CRun ADway
The G5Powder FIn Their G5Hair That Day Was G5Powder FSent Their CWay
By G5Poor And Ragged Sailor Men Who FSwore That CThey Would G5Stay

Chorus
Aboard The CNancy    A#​
Six A#Pence And PCound A DG5ay
Aboard The CNancy    A#​
No A#UnifCorm For MG5en To Scorn, AbFoard The NCancy-OG5​

Aboard The CNancy    A#​
Six A#Pence And PCound A DG5ay
Aboard The CNancy    A#​
No A#UnifCorm For MG5en To Scorn, AbFoard The NCancy-OG5​