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 Well it was nine-teen hundred and twenty-nine (run, come, see)

 I remember that day pretty well

 Nine-teen hun-dred and twen-tynine

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 They were talk-ing 'bout a storm on the island (run, come, see)

 My god, what a beau-tiful morning

 Talk-ing 'bout a storm on the is-land

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 There were three sail leaving at the harbor (run, come, see)

 They were the Eth-el and the Myrtle and Pretoria

 Three sail leav-ing at the har-bor

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 Now the Eth-el was bound for Fresh Creek (run, come, see)

 With the ma-mas and the children on board

 The Eth-el was bound for Fresh creek

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 And the Myr-tle was bound for Staniel Quay (run, come, see)

 My god, what a beau-tiful morning

 The Myr-tle was bound for Staniel Quay

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 And Pre-tor-ia was out on the ocean (run, come, see)

 Rocking down on her beam in the swell

 Pre-tor-ia was out on the oc-ean

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 My god, then a big sea built up in the northwest (run, come, see)

 And the captain come a run-ning for the tiller and a

 big sea built up in the north-west

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 Then the first sea hit the Pretoria (run, come, see)

 And the mamas come a run-ning for their children and the

 first sea hit the Pre-tor-ia

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 And the sailor go down-ward for the bottom (run, come, see)

 My god, what a beau-tiful morning

 sail-or go down-ward for the bot-tom

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 Now George Brown, he was the captain (run, come, see)

 He shouts "Now chil-dren come pray"

 George Brown, he was the cap-tain

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 He says come now and witness your judgement (run, come, see)

 And the women all a cry-ing for the Daniel-god

 Come now and wit-ness your judg-ment

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 There were thir-ty-three soul on the water (run, come, see)

 My god, what a beau-tiful morning (slower here, to end)

 Thir-ty-three soul on the wat-ter

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