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Good people of high and low degree	A
I pray ye all to list to me	A
And I'll relate a harrowing tale of the sea	A
Concerning the burning of the ship Kent in the Bay of Biscay	B
Which is the most appalling tale of the present century	A
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She carried a crew including officers of men	C
And twenty lady passengers along with them	D
Besides men of the st Regiment	E
And twenty officers with them all seemingly content	F
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Also fhe soldiers' wives which numbered forty three	A
And sixty six children a most beautiful sight to see	A
And in the year of and on the th of February	A
The ship Kent sailed from the Downs right speedily	A
While the passengers' hearts felt light with glee	A
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And the beautiful ship proceeded on her way to Bengal	G
While the passengers were cheerful one and all	H
And the sun shone out in brilliant array	I
And on the evening of the th they entered the Bay of Biscay	B
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But a gale from the south west sprang up that night	J
Which filled the passengers' hearts with fright	J
And it continued to increase in violence as the night wore on	K
Whilst the lady passengers looked very woe begone	K
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Part of the cargo in the hold consisted of shot and shell	L
And the vessel rolled heavily as the big billows rose and fell	L
Then two sailors descended the forehold carrying a light	J
To see if all below was safe and right	J
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And they discovered a spirit cask and the contents oozing rapidly	A
And the man with the light stooped to examine it immediately	A
And in doing so he dropped fhe lamp while in a state of amaze	M
And oh horror in a minute the forehold was in a blaze	M
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It was two o'clock in the morning when the accident took place	N
And alas horror and fear was depicted in each face	N
And the sailors tried hard to extinguish the flame	O
But oh Heaven all their exertions proved in vain	K
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The inflammable matter rendered their efforts of no avail	P
And the brave sailors with over exertion looked very pale	P
And for hours in the darkness they tried to check the fire	Q
But the flames still mounted higher and higher	Q
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But Captain Cobb resolved on a last desperate experiment	E
Because he saw the ship was doomed and he felt discontent	F
Then he raised the alarm that the ship was on fire	Q
Then the paesengers quickly from their beds did retire	R
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And women and children rushed to the deck in wild despair	S
And paralyeed with terror many women tore theu hair	S
And some prayed to God for help and wildly did screech	T
But alas poor souls help was not within their reach	T
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Still the gale blew hard and the waves ran mountains high	U
While men women and children bitterly did cry	U
To God to save them from the merciless fire	Q
But the flames rose higher and higher	Q
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And when the passengers had lost all hope and in great dismay	I
The look out man shouted Ho a sail coming this way	I
Then every heart felt light and gay	I
And signals of distress were hoisted without delay	I
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Then the vessel came to their rescue commanded by Captain Cook	B
And he gazed upon the burning ship with a pitiful look	B
She proved to be the brig Cambria bound for Vera Cruz	V
Then the captain cried Men save all ye can there's no time to lose	V
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Then the sailors of the Cambria wrought with might and main	K
While the sea spray fell on them like heavy rain	K
First the women and children were transferred from the Kent	F
By boats ropes and tackle without a single accident	E
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But alas the fire had reached the powder magszine	K
Then followed an explosion oh what a fesrful scene	K
But the exploslon was witnessed by Captain Babby of the ship Carline	K
Who most fortunately arrived in the nick of time	W
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And fourteen additional human beings were saved from the Kent	F
And they thanked Captain Babby and God who to them succour sent	F
And had saved them from being burnt and drowned in the briny deep	X
And they felt so overjoyed that some of them did weep	X
And in the first port in England they landed without delay	I
And when their feet touched English soil their hearts felt gay	I

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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