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Oh, the sky was dark
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and the night advanced
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When a convict came to the Isle of France
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And around his leg was a ring and chain
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And his country was of
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the shamrock green
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I'm from the shambles, this convict cried
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That has been tossed on the ocean wide
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For being unruly,
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I do declare
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I was doomed to transport
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these seven long years
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When six of them, they were up and passed
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I was coming home to make up the last
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When the winds did blow
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They cast me here on this foreign shore
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So then the coast guard he played a part
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And with some brandy
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he cheered the convicts
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Although the night is far advanced,
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You shall find a friend on the Isle of France.
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So he sent a letter all to the Queen,
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Concerning the wreck of
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And his freedom came by early post
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For the absent convict
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they thought was lost
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God bless the Coast Guard,
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this convict cried
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For he saved my life from the ocean wide
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And I'll drink his health in a flowing glass
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And hear his success to the Isle of France
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