oh i used to be a farmer and i made a living fine i had a little stretch of land along the cp 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 then i thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone i m gonna be a pirate on the river saskatchewan chorus cause 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 regina s mighty shores arr well you think the locals farmers would know that i m at large but just the other day i saw 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 moose jaw spans a mighty river the farmers pass in so much fear their stomachs are a quiver because the know that tractor jack is waiting in the bay i ll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay chorus well mountie bob he chased me he was always at my throat he d follow on the shoreline because he didn t own a boat but cutbacks were a coming and the mountie lost his job now he s sailing with me and we call him salty bob a swingin sword and skull n bones and pleasant company i never pay my income tax and screw the gst screw it prince albert down to saskatoon i m the terror of the sea if ya wanna reach the co op boy you gotta get by me chorus well pirate life s appealing but you don t just find it here i ve heard that in alberta there s a band of buccaneers they roam the athabasca from smith to fort mckay and you re gonna lose your stetson if you have to pass their way well winter is a coming and a chill is in the breeze our pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze i ll be back in springtime but now i ve to go i hear there s lots of plundering down in new mexico chorus repeat chorus farmers bar your doors when you see the jolly roger on regina s mighty shores
['comic', 'kingston on indie']