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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah for just one time, I would take the Northwest passage to the sea.

Westward from the Potomac, t'is there t'was said to lie The sea route to the orient for which so many died

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God I love his songs.

Goddamn them all! I was told

We'd sail the seas for American gold

We'd fire no guns, shed no tears!

Now I'm a broken man in a Halifax pier

The last of Barrett's privateers

It's been six years since we sailed away, and I just made Halifax yesterday! God damn them all!