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THE ISLE OF SEVEN MOONS
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"He sailed a year and a day
To a sea that no man knows,
Where off the shore o' the spicy isles
The Love Wind softly blows.
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And there upon the waves,
Combin' her golden hair,
A mermaid sang a pretty song,
And she was very fair.
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"Oh, Jack he heard her sing
And saw her glist'ning eyes,
And Nance was short 'er mate that night,
When the moon began to rise.
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"Now whiter than her skin,
His bones tossed by the tide;
And still her song she sings
And still the waves she rides.
Chorus:
"Ding, dong, ding, dong,
Hark to the bell-buoy's song;
But stop yer ears when the Maid ye hears,
It's death if ye listen too long!"
