The Bluenose

Designed by William Roué and built by Smith and Rhuland Co

Launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1921

Christened by lady Audrey Smith, she slipped into the bay

Oh captain Angus Walters, a skipper of high degree

The Bluenose now was on her way

Season after season a regatta she'd endure

She won the cup for fastest ship and this we know for sure

For 17 years no challenger could best the champion ship

For captain Angus Walters, a skipper of high degree

The fastest schooner ever

She was a champion of the sea

None could best her as it came to be

Old Angus and his crew were quite the team

The Bluenose was the fastest ship make you no mistake

All others failed in her wake

A submarine from Germany had got her in her sights

And surfaced and called, "Are you the bluenose?". Angus cried, "That's right!"

I'd sink you with torpedoes now if you were not the champ

So get back in to the the harbour now I cannot sink your ship

'Cause you're the scooner non can'

She's obsolete in fourty-six, she eventually was sold

A freighter in the Caribbean, this was now her home

A-laiden with bananas as she struck a Haitian shore

Her back was broken hopelessly, she floundered on the reef

She broke apart with no relief

She was a champion of the sea

None could best her as it came to be

Old Angus and his crew were quite the team

The Bluenose was the fastest ship make you no mistake

All others failed in her wake