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THE CARIB SEA Then, with ruthless rout and wassail,

Night and day they sacked the town,

Staved the bins its cellars boasted,

Port and Lisbon, tier on tier,

Quaffed to heart's content, and toasted

Harry Morgan the Buccaneer:

Stripped the church and monastery,

Racked the prior for his gold,

With the traders' wives made merry,

Lipped the young and mocked the old,

Diced for hapless señoritas

(Sire and brother bound anear),—

Juanas, Lolas, Manuelitas,

Cursing Morgan the Buccaneer.

Lust and rapine, flame and slaughter,

Forayed with the Welshman grim:

"Take my pesos, spare my daughter!"

"Ha! ha!" roared that devil's limb,

"These shall jingle in our pouches,

She with us shall find good cheer."

"Lash the graybeard till he crouches!"

Shouted Morgan the Buccaneer.

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