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+====== The Last Saskatchewan Pirate ======
+by The Arrogant Worms
+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 were hard and though I tried, the money wasn't there
+And bankers came and took my land and told me fair was fair
+I looked for any kind of job, the answer always no
+"Hire you now?" they'd always laugh "We just let 20 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 damn if the jobs are all gone?
+I'm going to be a pirate on the river Saskatchewan!
+**Chorus:**
+//And it's a heave ho, high ho, coming down the plains
+Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
+And it's a ho hey, high hey, farmers bar your doors
+When you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores//
+You'd think the local 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
+Farmers cross in so much fear their stomachs are a-quiver
+'Cause they 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 cause he didn't own a boat
+But cutbacks were a-coming and the Mountie lost his job
+And now he's sailing with us and we call him Salty Bob
+A swinging sword, a skull and bones, and pleasant company
+I never pay my income tax and screw the GST
+Prince Albert down to Saskatoon, the terror of the sea
+If you want to reach the co-op, boy, you gotta get by me
+[//Chorus//]
+Well, pirate life's appealing, but you just don't find it here
+I heard that in Alberta there's a band of buccaneers
+They roam the Athabasca, from Smith to Fort Mackay
+And you're bound to lose your Stetson if you have to pass their way.
+Well winter is a-coming and a chill is in the breeze
+My pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze
+I'll be back in springtime but now I have to go
+I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico
+[//Chorus//]