Bluenose

Bluenose By David Martin In the town of Lunenburg down Nova Scotia way In nineteen twenty-one on a windy day A sailing ship was born, "Bluenose" was her name You'll never see her kind again {Refrain} Bluenose, the ocean knows her name Sailors know how proud a ship was she Bluenose, leaning in the wind Racing ev'ry wave on the sea Her hull was long and black, her sails were snowy white She looked just like a young bird in flight And from the very first, the Bluenose loved to run She loved the smell of sea and sun {Refrain} Bluenose, the ocean knows her name Sailors know how proud a ship was she Bluenose, leaning in the wind Racing ev'ry wave on the sea For twenty-five long years she ruled the Northern sea Riding like a queen on the tide In the Caribbean one dark and stormy day She ran into a reef and died {Refrain} Bluenose, the ocean knows her name Sailors know how proud a ship was she Bluenose, leaning in the wind Racing ev'ry wave on the sea Now just the other day, down Nova Scotia way In Lunenburg they christened a ship Just like the old Bluenose, down to the very name The Bluenose lives to sail again {Refrain} Bluenose, the ocean knows her name Sailors know how proud a ship was she Bluenose, leaning in the wind Racing ev'ry wave on the sea