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Thread #1957   Message #521773
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
06-Aug-01 - 08:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Nellie J Banks +Tales of the Phantom Ship
Subject: Lyr Add: THE NELLIE J. BANKS (Lennie Gallant)
Was going through the lyrics. It looks like it's slightly different than what I have:

THE NELLIE J. BANKS
Lennie Gallant

Chorus
There's rum in the hold of the Nellie J. Banks
Prince Edward Island bound
Late on a night when the moon shines bright
You can find her off Georgetown
 
1
She left St. Pierre on the tenth of May
Prince Edward Island bound
For the winter's done and there's very little rum
In the harbours and the towns;
And the fishermen watch for the dirty sail
As they trawl on Tracadie Bay,
And they give a great shout when they finally figure out,
Nellie Banks is on her way.
 
2
There's Captain Milligan at the helm,
He comes from Newfoundland
With a bottle of brandy always on the deck,
And an extra case in hand;
He's drunk but he holds a leeward stance,
As he sails the schooner through;
And the government cutters quickly follow astern
When he shows what the Banks can do.
3
Well, the government cutters hug the shore,
With a glass upon rum row,
For they know the Nellie Banks is over on the bay
And a runner is sure to show
And Milligan keeps her four miles out
Though the boundary it is three;
But late at night when the cutter's out of sight
She slips into a lee- 4
On an August night in the pale moonlight
With the Banks of Short Pt. Shore
A shot rang out and a voice began to shout,
"Heave to, or we'll fire more"
And the morning light saw a terrible sight
As the Banks was pulled away
No more will the NJ Banks run rum
No more will the fishermen say