Captain Shepherd (BROKEN)

You daring sons of Newfoundland with me will sympathize,
Concerning Captain Shepherd and his two brave hero boys.

Who toiled around his native home to maintain his family there,
Until at length he made a trip for the little isle of St. Pierre.

To try his fortune in the Gulf, as many had done before,
This hero met with great success, soon reached his native shore.

And on his passage homeward bound, the wind did loudly blow,
And for to make some harbor in Bonclay he had to go.

Now when the people saw that craft, their filled their hearts with glee.
They said he was some smuggler who had just come in from sea.
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Two special policeman jumped on board and quickly dived below,
To search his little vessel and to prove his overthrow.

For six days Captain Shepherd could scarcely take his rest
Still thinking of his family at home in sorrow and distress

ntil at length ... 
We'll take our vessel from this?, a prisoner we'll not be.

The lines and they quickly?, a chain slipped from her bow
Up speaks this gallant Captain, ? boys she's ours now

This?  Specials down below thought he?
To frighten Captain Shepherd they began to rant and

But no success to their requests I want you all to know
With nothing but their ?  back to St. John's they did go

And now this brave undaunted man lies in his peaceful home
And has another schooner and he claims her as his own

And when the next fall comes around, and all things to go well
I hope this brave undaunted man will have a job to sell


(Captain Shepherd falls into the clutches of the French on St. Pierre and Miquelon.)