The Ballad
of
BareIt's PrivateTears

by Joy Yourcenar

with apologies to the memory of Stan Rogers
and sung to the Tune of Barrett's Privateers

Oh, the year was 1999,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
An email message come from the North,
To the wildest picnic I'd ever seen.

CHORUS:
God damn us all!
I was told we'd shed our clothes if it wasn't cold.
We'd set no fires, drink some beers...
Now I'm a buck naked poet on a Halifax pier
Shedding BareIt's PrivateTears.

Oh, Ryan Deschamp cried the town,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
For brave po-ass/art-ho(s)* to
join him as the Equilibrium's crew

CHORUS

The West Coast RAPpers were a welcome sight,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
slinging port, carrying their booze in bags
'cept Renay in scuppers with the staggers and the jags

CHORUS

During the Buskers Festival we put to sea,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
We were 21 days to the island McNab
with those po-asses drinking up quite a tab.

CHORUS

On the 21st day we sailed 'round again,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
When a naked Brit hove in sight
With Karla in tow, clothes took flight.

CHORUS

Robin supplied us with a nectar old,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
Ruby was a brat; Bettina lost her stays
'twas the beginning of our licentious ways.

CHORUS

When we saw Murph standing stark naked on the quay
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
Our crocked po'asses made an awful din
With a Senryu, Sid could'a stove us in

CHORUS

Neil stripped, baring his backside,
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
Bettina got smashed from the barrel's dregs
And Ruswa swept Karla off both her legs

CHORUS

So there was lust and there was beer
How I wish I was at Ruby's now!
'twas warm and sunny when our clothes went away
and the pictures got developed yesterday...

FINAL CHORUS

God damned us all!
We were told we'd shed our clothes if it wasn't cold.
We'd set no fires, drink our beers,.
Now we're buck-naked poets on a Halifax pier
Shedding BareIt's PrivateTears.

*Po-ass/Art-ho (©)(TM) 1998 Greg (Senryu Sid) Jungheim

Joy Yourcenar and Ryan Deschamps is generously granted
limited permission to use the above TM for the promotion of
and conduct of "BareIt's PrivateTears" 1999 outing. Attendees are
hereby designated honorary Po-ass/Art-ho status for the duration
of the outing.
/s/Greg (Senryu Sid) Jungheim

by Joy