Bluenose 
By David Martin 

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

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Bluenose, the ocean knows her name 
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Sailors know how proud a ship was she 
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Bluenose, leaning in the wind 
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Racing ev'ry wave on the sea 


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Her hull was long and black, her sails were snowy white 
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She looked just like a young bird in flight 
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And from the very first, the Bluenose loved to run 
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She loved the smell of sea and sun 

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Bluenose, the ocean knows her name 
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Sailors know how proud a ship was she 
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Bluenose, leaning in the wind 
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Racing ev'ry wave on the sea 

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For twenty-five long years she ruled the Northern sea 
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Riding like a queen on the tide 
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In the Caribbean one dark and stormy day 
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She ran into a reef and died 

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Bluenose, the ocean knows her name 
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Sailors know how proud a ship was she 
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Bluenose, leaning in the wind 
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Racing ev'ry wave on the sea 

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Now just the other day, down Nova Scotia way 
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In Lunenburg they christened a ship 
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Just like the old Bluenose, down to the very name 
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The Bluenose lives to sail again 

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Bluenose, the ocean knows her name 
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Sailors know how proud a ship was she 
C   D     G              Em 
Bluenose, leaning in the wind 
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Racing ev'ry wave on the sea