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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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And so it began,
The story how Elzevir would look
after John as his own son,
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And the smugglers betrayed
on Moonfleet Bay
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by Maskew looking now at Elzevir's gun
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Then a shot rang out in
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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
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brought him down,
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and they also got poor John - oh,
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they also shot poor John
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Verse 3
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Oh, 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
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the Revenue,
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When you're run ning from
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the Revenue
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And so to escape it came now for
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
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of the Purbeck cave
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T'was there that John
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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
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to Blackbeard's hidden treasure,
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at the bottom of a Castle well
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Verse 6
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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 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.
Interlude 1
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Oh we're going to be
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rich boys,
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The treasure we will find,
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Blackbeard's bones are
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dancing here tonight
Yes, we're going to be rich boys,
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the treasure we will find,
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At fourscore-feet-deep-well-North
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is is is is is where it lies!
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