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Come and join with Captain Coulston, that hero stout and bold
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Who fought his way all on the sea and never was controlled
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For six long weeks in summer gales, we sailed upon the sea
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All bound for New York City, that city fair to see
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The captain and his lady, they came on deck each day
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To help us with our merriment, going to Amerikay
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The merriment being over, we're going to bed one night
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The captain he came up on deck to see if all was right
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He said, "My boys, do not go down, you need not think on sleep
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For in a few hours more, we shall be slumbering in the deep
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For a pirate ship is coming down upon the western sea
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To rob us of our property, going to Amerikay"
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The pirate ship came up to us and ordered us to stand
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"Your gold and precious loading, this moment I demand
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Your gold and precious loading, resign to me this day
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Or not a soul you'll ever bring unto Amerikay"
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The battle it commenced, brave boys, and blood in streams did flow
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While undaunted did our passengers, the pirate overthrow
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The cries of women and children, lying in the hull below
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While the captain and his passengers, the pirate did overthrow
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The pirate ship surrendered, just by the break of day
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And we brought her as a bounty unto Amerikay
