Oh the year was twenty seventeen
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
When a a letter of marque came from the king
to the scummiest team you’ve ever seen
Goddamn them all
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
Now Willie Cromack cried the town
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
for 23 men all semi-pros who
would make for him the Rovers crew
Goddamn them all.
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
The Good Ship Rovers was a sickening sight
HOW I WISH I WAS A SWANGARD NOW
She’d a list to the left and her sails in rags
and a group of supporters with their banners and flags
Goddamn them all
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
On the king’s birthday we put to sea
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
We were 93 days to a Final Day
and pumping in penalties all the way
Goddamn them all.
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
On the 95th day we sailed again
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
When a ship called the Valour rose in sight
with our cracked four pounders we made to fight
Goddamn them all
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
Now the Valour lay low down with gold
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
It was broad and fat and loose in stay
but to catch it took the Rovers a single day
Goddamn them all
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
At length we stood three goals ahead
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
Willie was smashed on IPA
and Matteo Polisi carried the day!
Goddamn them all
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
So here we we are in the Voyageurs Cup
HOW I WISH I WAS AT SWANGARD NOW
It’s been six years since we sailed away
And we just made the quarter final yesterday!
Goddamn them all
I was told we’d cruise the seas
For the Voyageurs Cup we’d fire some smoke
Drink Some Beers
Now I’m a drunken man on a Burnaby pier
the last of Willie’s Privateers
