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And so it began |
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The story how |
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Elzevir would look after |
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John as his own son |
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And the smugglers betrayed on |
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Moonfleet |
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BayBy Maskew looking now at |
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Elzevir's gun |
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Then a shot rang out in the morning light |
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Maskew fell a hole between his eyes |
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But it was his own men who brought him down |
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And they also got poor |
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John, oh, they also shot poor |
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JohnOh, it's a dangerous world boys |
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Oh, with the smuggling crew |
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Oh, it's a dangerous life boys |
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When you're running from the |
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RevenueWhen you're running from the |
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RevenueAnd so to escape it came now for |
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Elzevir to pick up the boy |
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And carry him away |
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For he could not walk with a bullet in the leg |
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And they made for the safety of the |
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Purbeck cave |
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T'was there that |
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John would read one night |
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The words in the locket by candlelight |
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For the Bible verses held the key to |
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Blackbeard's hidden treasure |
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At the bottom of a |
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Castle well |
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Oh, it's a dangerous world boys |
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Oh, in a smuggler's life |
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Oh, in the |
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Days of our age boys |
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That's where the secret of the treasure lies |
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That's where the secret of the treasure lies |
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Oh, we're going to be rich boys |
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The treasure we will find |
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Blackbeard's bones are dancing here tonight |
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Yes, we're going to be rich boys, the treasure we will find |
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At fourscore feet deep, well, |
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North is where it lies |
