lazyjacks:97 years ago today:Bluenose launch, Lunenburg, March 26, 1921W.R. MacAskillNova Scotia Arc
lazyjacks:97 years ago today:Bluenose launch, Lunenburg, March 26, 1921W.R. MacAskillNova Scotia Archives 20040012 “The Bluenose” Designed by William Roué and built by Smith and Rhuland Co. Launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1921 Christened by lady Audrey Smith, she slipped into the bay Oh captain Angus Walters, a skipper of high degree The Bluenose now was on her way Season after season a regatta she’d endure She won the cup for fastest ship and this we know for sure For 17 years no challenger could best the champion ship For captain Angus Walters, a skipper of high degree The fastest schooner ever She was a champion of the sea None could best her as it came to be Old Angus and his crew were quite the team The Bluenose was the fastest ship make you no mistake All others failed in her wake A submarine from Germany had got her in her sights And surfaced and called, “Are you the bluenose?”. Angus cried, “That’s right!” I’d sink you with torpedoes now if you were not the champ So get back in to the the harbour now I cannot sink your ship ‘Cause you’re the scooner non can’ She’s obsolete in fourty-six, she eventually was sold A freighter in the Caribbean, this was now her home A-laiden with bananas as she struck a Haitian shore Her back was broken hopelessly, she floundered on the reef She broke apart with no relief She was a champion of the sea None could best her as it came to be Old Angus and his crew were quite the team The Bluenose was the fastest ship make you no mistake All others failed in her wake -- source link
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