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Old sea captain warned us today |
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When the lord surely looked the other way |
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Something in the stream outside of town |
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Reached up and dragged my poor child down |
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Has the devil caused this hellish heat |
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To lure our children down to the creek |
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Eleven miles from the nearest waves |
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What manner of beast has swam in from the bay |
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Young man dive in with hopes to free |
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My boy's body from the jaws of the thing |
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At the deepest part of the swimming hole |
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Refuses to give back the life it stole |
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Has the devil caused this hellish heat |
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To lure our children down to the creek |
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Eleven miles from the nearest waves |
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What manner of beast has swam in from the bay |
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Bring your guns and dynamite |
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The monster in the creek dies tonight |
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Fire at whatever moves within the muddy waters of Matawan |
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Life fuses tossed deep |
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We'll blow the demon right out of the stream |
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Has the devil caused this hellish heat |
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To lure our children down to the creek |
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Eleven miles from the nearest waves |
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What manner of beast has swam in from the bay |