The Last Bristolian Pirate The Longest Johns

[Verse 1]
Oh I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
I had a little stretch of land, along the western line
But times were hard and though I tried the money wasn't there
And bankers came and took my land and told me: "fair is fair."

[Verse 2]
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always: "no"
"Hire you now?", they'd always laugh, "we just let twenty go"
The government they promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum

And I said: "who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone
I'm going to be a pirate on the river Severn!"

(Yarr!)

[Chorus]
And it's a- heave-ho hi-ho
Coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a- ho-hey hi-hey farmers bar your doors
When you see the Jolly Roger on the Severn's mighty shores

[Verse 3]
You'd think the other farmers would know that I'm at large
But just the other day I saw an unsuspecting barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I rammed their boat and sank it and I stole the fertilizer!