The Real Mckenzies - The Bluenose lyrics

Designed by William Rove And built by Smith and Rhuland Co. Launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1921 Christened by Lady Audrey Smith, she slipped into the bay The captain Angus Walters a skipper of high degree The Bluenose now was on her way! Season after season all regatta's she'd endure She won the cup the fastest ship and this we know for sure For 17 years no challenger could best the champion ship The captain Angus Walters a skipper of high degree The fastest schooner ever... She was the champion of the seas None could best her as it came to be Auld Angus and his crew were quite the team The Bluenose was the fastest ship Make ye no mistake All others fluttered in her wake! A submarine from Germany had caught her in the sights They surfaced and called, "Are you zee Bluenose?" Angus said "Tha's Right!" "I'd sink you with torpedoes now if you were not the champ. So get back into the harbour now I cannot sink this ship, 'Cause you're the schooner none could lick!" She's Obsolete in '46 eventually was sold A freighter in the Caribbean this was now her home Laiden with bananas as she struck a Haitian shoal Her back was broken hopelessly, she floundered on the reef She broke apart with no relief! She was the champion of the seas None could best her as it came to be Auld Angus and his crew were quite the team The Bluenose was the fastest ship Make ye no mistake All others fluttered in her wake!