What clothes men wear do give them airs_ the fellows do compare__ What colonel's regimentals shine_ and women call them fair__ I am Alexander MacIntosh_ nephew to the Laird_ And I do distain men who are vain_ the men with powdered hair___ I command the Nancy Schooner from the Moy on Lake St. Clair_ On the third day of October_ boys_ I did set sail from there_ To the garrison at Amherstburg I quickly work repair_ With Captain Maxwell and his wife and kids and powdered hair___ Aboard the Nancy__ In regimentals bright_ Aboard the Nancy__ with all his pomp and bluster there_ aboard the Nancy-o_ Below the St. Clair rapids I sent scouts unto the shore_ To ask a friendly Wyandotte to say what lay before_ "Amherstburg has fallen_ with the same for you in store!_ And militia sent to take you here_ fifty horse or more"___ Well up comes Captain Maxwell then_ "Surrender_ now_ I say!_ Give up your Nancy schooner and make off without delay!_ Set me ashore_ I do implore_ I will not die this day!"_ Says I_ "You go_ or get below_ for I'll be on my way!"_ Aboard the Nancy__ "Surrender_ Hell!" I say_ Aboard the Nancy__ "It's back to Mackinac I'll fight_ aboard the Nancy-o_ Up comes Colonel Beaubien men_ who shouts as he draws near_ "Give up your Nancy schooner and I swear you've naught to fear_ We've got your Captain Maxwell_ sir_ spare yourself his tears"_ Says I_ "I'll not but send you shot to buzz about your ears"_ We fired as we hove anchor_ boys_ and we got under way_ But scarce a dozen broadsides_ boys_ the Nancy did them pay_ Before the business sickened them_ They bravely ran away_ All sail we made_ and reached the Lake before the close of day_ Aboard the Nancy__ We sent them shot and cheers_ Aboard the Nancy__ We watched them running through the trees_ aboard the Nancy-o_ Oh_ military gentlemen_ they bluster_ roar and pray_ Nine sailors on the Nancy_ boys_ made fifty run away_ The powder in their hair that day was powder sent their way_ By poor and ragged sailor men_ who swore that they would stay_ Aboard the Nancy__ Six pence and pound a day_ Aboard the Nancy__ No uniforms for men to scorn_ aboard the Nancy-o_ Aboard the Nancy__ Six pence and pound a day_ Aboard the Nancy__ No uniforms for men to scorn_ aboard the Nancy-o_