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It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine, |
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Run come see, I remember that day very well, run come see, |
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It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine |
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Run come see, Jerusalem. |
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That day they were talkin' |
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'Bout a storm in the islands, |
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They were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands |
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My God what a beautiful morning. |
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That day there were three ships a leavin' out the harbor |
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That day there were three ships a leavin' out the harbor |
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The Ethel, the Myrtle and the Pretoria. |
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These ships were bound for a neighbouring island |
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These ships were bound for a neighbouring island |
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With the mothers and children on board. |
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Now the Pretoria was out on the ocean,2x |
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Rocking from side to side |
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My God, when the first wave hit the Pretoria,2x |
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The mothers come hauling to their children |
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My God, there were thirty-three souls on the water,2x |
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Oh my God there were women praying to the good Lord |
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My God, now George Brown he was the captain |
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He shouted come my children come pray |
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He said, "Come now, witness your judgment day." |