Outlaws and Pirates
(Aaron Keith Nicholson)

'Round 1812 a proud bunch dubbed Mistress of the Sea
Pinched our trade and merchant marine
These dramatic dudes upset over Yorktown VA
Blasted Chesapeake and set up blockades
Their Parliament called us rebels, outlaws, pirates
Their subjects stirred trouble up against us out West
We told our reps get our president busy
Crush them, their fou, fou ojo bicho king

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Outlaws and pirates, outlaws and pirates
Pompous dandies pinched outlaws and pirates
Outlaws and pirates, Outlaws and pirates
Pompous dandies got crushed outlaws and pirates

We gave up Chicago without a fight
And still got bush wacked after walking outside
Our performance at Detroit wasn't much better
Conned by a sales pitch and rigged letter
Essex kicked fantail on two seas
Then was smashed by weather, Cherub, and Phoebe
We won but lost the Bladensburg Race
Dolly grabbed George, D.C. was in flames
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Lundy's Lane was brutal, grizzled veterans agreed
Our boys fought the fiercest they had ever seen
The Chippewa River was unable to soothe
The coats of red from our relentless pursuit
Niagara, Lawrence to took the lower Great Lake
Saratoga rope-a-doped to win the Lake Champlain campaign
Amelia, Caroline, Surprise, Scourge, Rattlesnake
Yankee, Atlas, and Comet grabbed all the booty they could take
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Kentucky horse militia swept Canada's Thames
In honor of the Raisin's many slain
Old Ironsides rose from a warrior's grave
Macedonian lost a bet to United States
Harpy vexed opponents with America
General Armstrong drew N'Orleans a royal flush
Creoles, Choctaw, and Tennessee protected Big Easy
Our Star Spangled Banner waved defiantly
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Pompous dandies got crushed by outlaws and pirates
OUTLAWS AND PIRATES Copyright 2010 by Aaron Keith Nicholson