The Nancy

Verse
What E5Clothes Men DWear Do E5Give Them Airs, The DFellows ADo ComE5pare
A E5Colonel's DRegimeE5ntals Shine, And DWomen ACall Him BFair
I Am E5AlexDander E5Macintosh, E5Nephew DTo The ALaird
And I E5Do Disdain Men Who Are Vain, The DMen With APowdered E5Hair

I E5Command The DNancy E5Schooner From The DMoy On ALake St. E5Claire
On The E5Third Day DOf OcE5tober, Boys, I DDid Set ASail For TBhere
To The E5GarriDson At E5Amherstburg I E5Quickly DWould ReApair
With E5Captain Maxwell And His Wife And DKids And APowdered E5Hair

Chorus
Aboard The ANancy   G​
In GRegiAmentals E5Bright
Aboard The ANancy   G​
With GAll His APomp And E5Bluster There, ADboard The ANancy-E5O

Verse
BeE5low The DSt. Clair E5Rapids I Sent DScouts AUnto The E5Shore
To E5Ask A DFriendly E5Wyandot To DSay What ALay BeBfore
E5"AmherstDburg Has E5Fallen, With The E5Same For DYou In AStore!
And MiE5litias Sent To Take You Here, DFifty AHorse Or E5More."

Well E5Up Comes DCaptain E5Maxwell Then, "SuDrrender, ANow, I E5Say!
Give E5Up Your DNancy ASchooner And Make DOff WithAout DeBlay!
Set E5Me ADshore, I E5Do Implore. I E5Will Not DDie This ADay!"
Says E5I, "You Go, Or Get Below, For DI'll Be AOn My E5Way!"

Chorus
Aboard The ANancy   G​
"SuGrrender, AHell!" I E5Say
Aboard The ANancy   G​
"It's GBack To AMackiE5nac I'll Fight, ADboard The ANancy-E5O."

Verse
Well E5Up Comes DColonel E5Beaubien, Then, Who DShouts As AHe Draws E5Near
"Give E5Up Your DNancy E5Schooner And I DSwear You've ANaught To BFear
We've E5Got Your DCaptain E5Maxwell, Sir, E5Spare YourDself His ATears."
Says E5I, "I'll Not But Send You Shot To DBuzz AAbout Your E5Ears."

We E5Fired As DWe Hove E5Anchor, Boys, And DWe Got AUnder E5Way
But E5Scarce A DDozen E5Broadsides, Boys, The DNancy ADid Them BPay
BeE5fore The DBusiness E5Sickened Them, They E5Bravely DRan AAway
All E5Sail We Made, And Reached The Lake BeDfore The AClose Of E5Day

Chorus
Aboard The ANancy    G​
We GSent Them AShot And E5Cheers
Aboard The ANancy    G​
We GWatched Them ARunning E5Through The Trees, ADboard The ANancy-E5O

Verse
E5MiliDtary E5Gentlemen, They DBluster, ARoar And E5Pray
Nine E5Sailors DOn The E5Nancy, Boys, Made DFifty ARun ABway
The E5Powder DIn Their E5Hair That Day Was E5Powder DSent Their AWay
By E5Poor And Ragged Sailor Men Who DSwore That AThey Would E5Stay

Chorus
Aboard The ANancy    G​
Six GPence And APound A E5Day
Aboard The ANancy    G​
No GUniAform For E5Men To Scorn, ADboard The ANancy-E5O

Aboard The ANancy    G​
Six GPence And APound A E5Day
Aboard The ANancy    G​
No GUniAform For E5Men To Scorn, ADboard The ANancy-E5O