The Bluenose-The Real McKenzies

[00:40.033]Designed by William Rou茅 and built by Smith and Rhuland Co [00:43.455]Launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1921 [00:46.877]Christened by lady Audrey Smith, she slipped into the bay [00:50.403]Oh captain Angus Walters, a skipper of high degree [00:53.851]The Bluenose now was on her way [00:56.946] [01:03.046]Season after season a regatta she'd endure [01:06.547]She won the cup for fastest ship and this we know for sure [01:09.943]For 17 years no challenger could best the champion ship [01:13.469]For captain Angus Walters, a skipper of high degree [01:17.126]The fastest schooner ever [01:19.268]She was a champion of the sea [01:22.508]None could best her as it came to be [01:25.904]Old Angus and his crew were quite the team [01:29.482]The Bluenose was the fastest ship make you no mistake [01:32.957]All others failed in her wake [01:36.417] [01:58.583]A submarine from Germany had got her in her sights [02:01.874]And surfaced and called, "Are you the bluenose?". Angus cried, "That's right!" [02:05.584]I'd sink you with torpedoes now if you were not the champ [02:09.032]So get back in to the the harbour now I cannot sink your ship [02:12.558]'Cause you're the scooner non can' [02:15.327] [02:21.544]She's obsolete in fourty-six, she eventually was sold [02:25.019]A freighter in the Caribbean, this was now her home [02:28.545]A-laiden with bananas as she struck a Haitian shore [02:31.915]Her back was broken hopelessly, she floundered on the reef [02:35.598]She broke apart with no relief [02:37.871]She was a champion of the sea [02:41.058]None could best her as it came to be [02:44.611]Old Angus and his crew were quite the team [02:48.085]The Bluenose was the fastest ship make you no mistake [02:51.637]All others failed in her wake