Kilmaine Saints - Brave Yankee Boys

Текст с Bandcamp’a: “On board the Constellation from Baltimore we came We had a bold commander & Truxton was his name Our ship she mounted forty guns, & on the main so swiftly runs To prove to France America’s sons are brave Yankee boys We sailed to the West Indies in order to annoy The invaders of our commerce, to burn, sink & destroy Our Constellation shone so bright, those Frenchman could not stand the sight And away they scampered in a fright, from brave Yankee boys Come all you Yankee sailors, with swords & pikes advance ’Tis time to try your courage & humble haughty France The sons of France our seas invade, destroy our commerce & our trade It’s time the reckoning is paid to brave Yankee boys ’Twas on the 9th of February at Montserrat we lay And there we spied l’Insurgente just at the break of day We raised the orange & raised the blue, to see if they our signal knew The Constellation & its crew of brave Yankee boys All hands were called to quarters while we pursued the chase With well primed guns, prepared to run, we spliced the old main-brace Then soon to France we did draw nigh, compelled to fight they were or fly These words were passed “conquer or die, My brave Yankee boys“ Come all you Yankee sailors, with swords & pikes advance ’Tis time to try your courage & humble haughty France The sons of France our seas invade, destroy our commerce & our trade It’s time the reckoning is paid to brave Yankee boys Loud our cannon thundered with peals tremendous roar And death that on our bullets wings did drench their decks with gore The blood did from their scuppers run, their chief exclaimed, ’we are undone’ Their flag they struck, the battle won by brave Yankee boys On to St. Kitts we steered & brought her safely into port The grand salute was fired & answered from the fort And now around the flowing bowl, with hearty glee, victorious soul Drink as you fought, without control, my brave Yankee boys Come all you Yankee sailors, with swords & pikes advance ’Tis time to try your courage & humble haughty France The sons of France our seas invade, destroy our commerce & our trade It’s time the reckoning is paid to brave Yankee boys from Drunken Redemption, released September 17, 2012“