CORRECT LYRICS
Lyrics : The Last Bristolian Pirate
Oh I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
I had a little stretch of land, along the western line
But times were hard and though I tried the money wasn't there
And 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"
The government they promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum
And I said: "who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone
I'm going to be a pirate on the river Severn!"
(Yarr!)
And it's a- heave-ho hi-ho
Coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a- ho-hey hi-hey farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on the Severn's mighty shores
You'd think the other farmers would know that I'm at large
But just the other day I saw an unsuspecting barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I rammed their boat and sank it and I stole the fertilizer!
I had a little stretch of land, along the western line
But times were hard and though I tried the money wasn't there
And 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"
The government they promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum
And I said: "who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone
I'm going to be a pirate on the river Severn!"
(Yarr!)
And it's a- heave-ho hi-ho
Coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a- ho-hey hi-hey farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on the Severn's mighty shores
You'd think the other farmers would know that I'm at large
But just the other day I saw an unsuspecting barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I rammed their boat and sank it and I stole the fertilizer!
