Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner
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17 AT YMEGUEN
18 IN THE BAY 19 ON THE BEACH Says the Cap'n to the Crew, We have slipped the Revenue, I can see the cliffs of Dover on the lee: Tip the signal to the _Swan_, And anchor broadside on, And out with the kegs of Eau-de-Vie, Says the Cap'n: Out with the kegs of Eau-de-Vie. Says the Lander to his men, Get your grummets on the pin, There's a blue light burning out at sea. The windward anchors creep, And the Gauger's fast asleep, And the kegs are bobbing one, two, three, Says the Lander: The kegs are bobbing one, two, three. But the bold Preventive man Primes the powder in his pan And cries to the Posse, Follow me. We will take this smuggling gang, |
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