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January 25, 2003
Considering a Career Change
This is, of course, why I shouldn't take job advice from The Arrogant Worms:
The Last Saskatchewan PirateWell I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine.
I had a little stretch of land along the C.P. line.
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!"
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 are gone?
I'm gonna be a pirate on the River Saskatchewan!And it's a "Heave! (Ho!) Hie! (Ho!)" coming down the plains,
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
And it's a "Ho! (Hey!) Hie! (Hey!)." Farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.Well, you'd 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 their fertilizer!A bridge outside of Moosejaw spans a mighty river.
Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are a-quiver
Cause they know that Captain Tractor is hiding in the bay.
I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay!And it's a "Heave! (Ho!) Hie! (Ho!)" coming down the plains,
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
And it's a "Ho! (Hey!) Hie! (Hey!)." Farmers bar your doors
When you 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 cause he didn't own a boat.
But the cutbacks were a-coming and the Mountie lost his job,
So now he's sailing with me, and we call him Salty Bob!A swingin' sword, a skull and bones, and pleasant company.
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST! (Screw it!)
Sailing down the Saskatoon, the terror of the sea!
If you wanna reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!And it's a "Heave! (Ho!) Hie! (Ho!)" coming down the plains,
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
And it's a "Ho! (Hey!) Hie! (Hey!)." Farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.Well, the pirate life's appealing, but you just don't find it here.
I've heard that in Alberta there's a band of buccaneers.
They roam the Athabaska from Smith to Fort McKay.
And you're gonna loose your Stetson, if you have to pass their way!Well, winter is a-comin' and a chill is in the breeze.
My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze.
I'll be back in springtime and now I have to go!
I hear there's lots of plunder down in New Mexico!And it's a "Heave! (Ho!) Hie! (Ho!)" coming down the plains,
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
And it's a "Ho! (Hey!) Hie! (Hey!)." Farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.And it's a "Heave! (Ho!) Hie! (Ho!)" coming down the plains,
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
And it's a "Ho! (Hey!) Hie! (Hey!)." Farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.And it's a "Heave! (Ho!) Hie! (Ho!)" coming down the plains,
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
And it's a "Ho! (Hey!) Hie! (Hey!)." Farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.
When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.
Posted by KinCross at January 25, 2003 06:02 PM