And so it began,
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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 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 John a¢æ¡° oh, they also shot poor John;
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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 the Revenue,
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When you're running from 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 of the Purbeck cave;
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T'was there that 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 Blackbeard's hidden treasure,
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at the bottom of a 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 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-North is where it lies!
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The Escape
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| Chris De Burgh |
