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  • Barrett's Privateers

    Chris Hill posted on June 08, 2014 15:27

    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE FIRST VIDEO USING THE (C) SONGSHEET!

    By Stan Rogers. If there's a more Canadian song I don't know it.

    "Barrett's Privateers" is a modern folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired after a song session with the Friends of Fiddler's Green at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury, Ontario. Although Barrett, the Antelope and other specific instances mentioned in the song are fictional, "Barrett's Privateers" is full of many authentic details of privateering in the late 18th century.

    The song was released on the album Fogarty's Cove in 1976 and has since gained popularity as a drinking song, with cover versions by many bands. The song makes use of mixed meter, regularly switching back and forth from 2
    4
    to 3
    4
    time. It is regarded as one of the Royal Canadian Navy's unofficial anthems, the unofficial anthem of Atlantic Canada and also often heard sung at many Atlantic universities.(WIKIPEDIA)

    *****REVISED/REFORMATTED MARCH 13, 2019 - SR****

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