Lyrics

We lost the Cup to those damn Yanks
Was November of nineteen twenty
Canada’s sailors took a blow that day
But our pride would not let it be

So we built us a two-masted schooner
The greatest salt-banker of all
To fish for God’s cod off the Grand Banks
And to race the high seas come the Fall

Ten thousand square foot of sail she flew
On tall masts of Oregon pine
A half million cod pounds could be salted away
In her black hull with a thoroughbred’s line

Like a peacock she strutted with her sails out
The jewel of Nova Scotia’s fleet
With the dreams of a young land upon her
Mighty Bluenose was birthed to the sea

Chorus:
When the Bluenose was Queen of the Atlantic
The pride of Lunenberg
When the Bluenose was Queen, sailing frantic
Fastest schooner on this Earth
When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen

Caught a record that season on the Banks grounds
‘Twas high time to prove what she could do
So Blue set to race ‘gainst those Gloucester boys
With Cap’n Angus and her crew of twenty-two

Flew o’er the waves like a bird of the sea
And for six years she brought home the prize
“She’s a witch, can’t be beat!”, the Americans cried
But Angus and her crew knew the skies

By the thirties the Age of Sail ended
Engines tore their cloths from the sky
Blue was sold south to haul bananas and rum
Angus watched her leave and he cried

In ’46 a squall broke off Haiti
Clipped a reef, it was Blue’s time to die
Close your eyes and you’ll see her off the South Shore
The Queen with her sails flying high

Chorus:
When the Bluenose was Queen of the Atlantic
The pride of Lunenberg
When the Bluenose was Queen, sailing frantic
Fastest schooner on this Earth

Chorus:
When the Bluenose was Queen of the Atlantic
The pride of Lunenberg
When the Bluenose was Queen, sailing frantic
Fastest schooner on this Earth
When the Bluenose was Queen
When the Bluenose was Queen

When the Bluenose was Queen