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Who was stealing the Baron's wine	A
Golden sherry and port so old	B
Precious I wot as drops of gold	B
Lone to night he came to dine	A
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Flung himself in his oaken chair	C
Kicked the hound that whined for bread	D
God the thief shall swing he said	D
Thrust his hand through his ruffled hair	C
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Bolt and bar and double chain	E
Held secure the cellar door	F
And the watchman placed before	F
Kept a faithful watch in vain	E
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Every day the story came	G
Master come I hear it drip	H
The wine is wet on the robber's lip	H
Who the robber none could name	G
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All the folk in County Clare	C
Found a task for every day	I
By the Baron's gate to stray	I
Came to gossip stayed to stare	C
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Nothing here to satisfy	J
Souls for tragedy awake	K
Just the castle by the lake	K
Calmest spot beneath the sky	J
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But the whispered story grew	L
When the Baron went to dine	A
That a devil shared his wine	A
Had his soul in danger too	L
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Every morn the Baron rose	M
More morose and full of age	N
Passed the day in sullen rage	N
Barred his gates on friends or foes	M
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Lone to night he came to dine	A
Struck the hound that asked a share	C
Heard a step upon the stair	C
Come the thief is at your wine	A
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Baron of Killowen keep	O
Running down the vaulted way	I
To the cellar dark by day	I
Took the ten steps at a leap	O
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There he listened with the throng	P
Of frighted servants at the door	F
He heard the wine drip on the floor	F
And sea mew's laughter loud and long	P
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Of oaken beam of bolt and chain	E
They freed the door and crowded through	L
Their eyes a horror claimed in vain	E
Nor ghost nor devil met their view	L
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They searched behind the hogshead where	C
The watchful spider spied and span	Q
They sighed to see the wine that ran	Q
A crimson torrent wasting there	C
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They even searched the gloomy well	R
That legend said rose from the lake	K
They saw bright bubbles rise and break	K
But nothing stranger here befell	R
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The Baron cursed the Baron said	D
Now all be gone alone I'll stay	I
There shall not rise another day	I
Without this thief alive or dead	D
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So still he stood no sound was there	C
But just the wine went drop and drip	H
Save that the silence seemed to slip	H
Its threatening fingers through his hair	C
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And then as last an echo flew	L
The splash of waters thrown apart	S
He cursed the beating of his heart	S
Because the thief was listening too	L
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The slipping scrape of scales he hears	T
And sea mew laughter loud and sweet	U
He dares not move his frightened feet	U
His pulse beats with a thousand fears	V
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At that strange monster in the gloom	W
He points his pistol quick and fires	X
Before the powder spark expires	X
He hears a sea bird's scream of doom	W
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He saw one gleam of foam white arms	Y
Of sea green eyes of sloak brown hair	C
He had a glance to find her fair	C
When he had slain her thousand charms	Y
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The Baron of Killowen slew	L
A strange sea maiden young and fair	C
And all the folk in county Clare	C
Will tell you that the tale is true	L
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And when the Baron came to dine	A
His guests could never understand	Z
That he should say with glass in hand	Z
I would the thief were at my wine	A

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