A letter of marque came from the king
To the scummiest vessel I’ve ever seen
GOD DAMN THEM ALL
I was told!
We’d cruise the seas
For American gold
We’d fire no guns, shed no tears!
But I’m a broken man on a Halifax pier
The best rendition (IMO)
Wrong. Stan Rogers sitting around a kitchen table is the best version.
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It is objectively the best rendition. Fight me.
Can’t be the best one, because it isn’t Stan Rogers
I’m sorry, when I hear “Nova Scotianers”, I think “Bubbles”. I’m very sorry to those people.
You’ll never hear anyone from there say “scotianer” it’s just “Scotian”
Nova Scotian
But I concur, kitties are very nice.
TIL it’s not “Cherbourg”
My kid would ask me to sing him this for bedtime.
Years later, went in for surgery. According to the nurses, I woke up in the recovery room singing this out loud.
“GODDAMN THEM ALL…”
Ok that left me absolutely rolling. That’s wonderful.
When I was young I’d always listen to the song in the car with my parents because it was the one time I was allowed to say “God damn”
Dammit, now I’ll have that in my head for the next week.
Hands down the best version.
Nova Scotians*
