Twas A Spanish Galleon Sailed The Seas, - Two Centuries Since Have Rolled - Laden With Silver And Gems To Please Gay Dames And Gallants Bold. But Villainous Pirates Seized The Ship As Homeward She Was Bound; Ah, She Has Made Her Last Long Trip For They Ran Her Soon Aground. From Oakum Bay Into Marblehead They Brought One Lady Fair, - Her Husband, Alas, And His Crew Are Dead, And Her They Will Not Spare. Loud, Loud She Shrieked In The Pirates' Arms, "Oh, Save Me - Jesu, Save!" Cruel Echo Mocked At Her Wild Alarms, As They Dug Her A Nameless Grave. Yet Once A Year When The Night Has Come That Saw Her Dreadful Death, You Can Hear Her Above The Ocean'S Boom Shriek Out With Her Dying Breath.
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