k sandy, here's the words from above with chords:

[Fm]In the town of Lunenburg down [Eb7]Nova Scotia [Fm]way In nineteen twenty-one on a windy [Eb7]day A sailing ship was [Fm]born, [C7]"Bluenose" was her [Fm]name You'll never see her [C7]kind [Fm]again

{Refrain}

[Fm]Blue-[C7]nose, the [Fm]ocean knows her name Sailors know how [Eb]proud a ship was [Ab]she [Fm]Blue-[C7]nose, [Fm]leading in the wind [BbMRacing ev'ry [C7]way on the [Fm]sea

and the tune:

MIDI file: bluenose.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: Bluenose
Text: By
Copyright:
Tempo: 200 (300000 microsec/crotchet)
Key: Ab
TimeSig: 2/2 24 8
Start
0000 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 58 110 0160 0 58 000 0032 1 60 110 0528 0 60 000 0048 1 60 110 0160 0 60 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 68 110 0094 0 68 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 1104 0 70 000 0240 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 73 110 0160 0 73 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0720 0 72 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0528 0 68 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 67 110 0528 0 67 000 0048 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 65 110 1296 0 65 000 0240 1 65 110 0720 0 65 000 0048 1 67 110 0528 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0720 0 65 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 63 110 0160 0 63 000 0032 1 58 110 0160 0 58 000 0032 1 60 110 1296 0 60 000 0240 1 65 110 0720 0 65 000 0048 1 67 110 0720 0 67 000 0048 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0720 0 65 000 0048 1 73 110 0160 0 73 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 68 110 0160 0 68 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 65 110 1296 0 65 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Bluenose
M:2/2
Q:1/4=200
K:Ab
F2F2F2G2|A2A2A2F2|G2F2E2B,2|C6C2|F2F2F2G2|
A2BAG2A2|B8|-B6B2|B2c2d2B2|c8|G2A2B2G2|A6F2|
F2G2A2F2|G6=E2|F8|-F8|F8|-F8|G8|-G6G2|A2B2A2G2|
F8|F2A2G2F2|E2F2E2B,2|C8|-C8|F8|-F8|G8|-G8|
A8|-A2B2A2G2|F8|d2c2B2A2|G4F2=E2|F8|-F11/2||

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