That sounds like a wicked song, Magello........
Well I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine...
I had a little stretch of land along the sea beeline
But times went by and though I tried, the money wasn't there
And the bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair.
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no!
Hire you now, they'd always laugh, we just let twenty go! (ha ha!)
The government, they promised me a measly little sum,
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum.
Then I thought who gives a damn if all the jobs aaarrreee gone...
I'm gonna be a pirate.... On the River Saskatchewaaaannn!
Cause it's a heave
HO, hi
HOComin' down the plains...
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains!
And it's a ho
HEY, hi
HEYFarmers bar their doors when they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
*insert short but kickass whistle tune*
Well, you think the local farmers would know that I'm at large,
But just the other day I found an unprotected barge.
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I rammed their ship and sank it and I stole the fertilizer.
A bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans a mighty river.
The farmers pass in so much fear, their stomachs are a-quiver
Because the know that TRACTOR JACK! is hiding in the bay,
I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay!
Cause it's a heave
HO, hi
HOComin' down the plains...
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains!
And it's a ho
HEY, hi
HEYFarmers bar their doors when they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
Well Mountie Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat.
He'd follow on the shoreline but he didn't own a boat
But cutbacks were a-coming and the Mountie lost his job.
Now he's sailing with me and we call him Salty Bob.
A swingin' sword, and skull n' bones, and pleasant company..
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST-
SCREW IT!Prince Albert down to Saskatoon, I'm the terror of the sea
If ya wanna reach the Co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!
Cause it's a heave
HO, hi
HOComin' down the plains...
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains!
And it's a ho
HEY, hi
HEYFarmers bar their doors when they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
Well, the pirate life's appealin', but you don't just find it here.
I've heard in North Alberta, there's a band of buccaneers.
They roam the Athabasca, from Smith to Fort McKay
And you're gonna lose your Stetson if you have to pass their way.
Well winter is a-coming and a chill is in the breeze.
My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze.
But I'll be back in springtime, but now I've to go,
I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico!
Cause it's a heave
HO, hi
HOComin' down the plains...
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains!
And it's a ho
HEY, hi
HEYFarmers bar their doors when they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
And it's a heave
HO, hi
HOComin' down the plains...
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains!
And it's a ho
HEY, hi
HEYFarmers bar their doors when they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
*cannon blast*
Cause it's a heave
HO, hi
HOComin' down the plains...
Stealin' wheat and barley and all the other grains!
And it's a ho
HEY, hi
HEYFarmers bar their doors when they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
When they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores!
When they see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shooooorrrrrreeeeessss....
Yar har har....
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