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Kind Christians all pay attention to me	A
And Miss Mouat's sufferings I'll relate to ye	A
While on board the Columbine on the merciless sea	A
Tossing about in the darkness of night in the storm helplessly	A
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She left her home Scatness on Saturday morning bound for Lerwick	B
Thinking to get cured by a man she knew as she was very sick	B
But for eight days she was tossed about on the stormy main	C
By a severe storm of wind hail and rain	C
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The waves washed o'er the little craft and the wind	D
loudly roared And the Skipper by a big wave was washed overboard	E
Then the crew launched the small boat on the stormy main	C
Thinking to rescue the Skipper but it was all in vain	C
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Nevertheless the crew struggled hard his life to save	F
But alas the Skipper sank and found a watery grave	F
And the white crested waves madly did roar	G
Still the crew thank God landed safe on shore	G
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As soon as Miss Mouat found she was alone	H
Her mind became absorbed about her friends at home	I
As her terrible situation presented itself to her mind	D
And her native place being quickly left far behind	D
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And as the big waves lashed the deck with fearful shocks	J
Miss Mouat thought the vessel had struck upon a reef of rocks	J
And she thought the crew had gone to get help from land	K
While she held to a rope fastened to the cabin roof by her right hand	K
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And there the poor creature was in danger of being thrown to the floor	G
Whilst the heavy showers of spray were blown against the cabin door	G
And the loosened sail was reduced to tatters and flapping with the wind	D
And the noise thereof caused strange fears to arise in her mind	D
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And after some hours of darkness had set in	L
The table capsized with a lurch of the sea which made a fearful din	L
Which helped to put the poor creature in a terrible fright	M
To hear the drawers of the table rolling about all the night	M
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And there the noble heroine sat looking very woe begone	L
With hands uplifted to God making her moan	L
Praying to God above to send her relief	N
While in frantic screams she gave vent to her pent up grief	N
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And loud and earnestly to God the noble heroine did cry	O
And the poor invalid's bosom heaved many a sigh	O
Oh heaven hard was the fate of this woman of sixty years of age	P
Tossing about on the briny deep while the storm fiend did rage	P
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Oh think of the poor soul crouched in the cabin below	Q
With her heart full of fear cold hunger and woe	Q
And the pitless storm of rain hail and snow	Q
Tossing about her tiny craft to and fro	Q
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And when the morning came she felt very sick	B
And she expected the voyage would be about three hours to Lerwick	B
And her stock of provisions was but very small	R
Only two half penny biscuits and a quart bottle of milk in all	R
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Still the heavy snow kept falling and the sky was obscured	S
And on Sabbath morning she made her first meal on board	E
And this she confined to a little drop of milk and half a biscuit	T
Which she wisely considered was most fit	U
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And to the rope fastened to the cabin roof she still held on	L
Until her hands began to blister and she felt woe begone	L
But by standing on a chest she could look out of the hatchway	Q
And spend a little time in casting her eyes o'er the sea each day	V
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When Wednesday morning came the weather was very fine	L
And the sun in the heavens brightly did shine	L
And continued so all the live long day	V
Then Miss Mouat guessed that land to the norward lay	V
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Then the poor creature sat down to her last meal on board	E
And with heartfelt thanks she praised the Lord	E
But when Thursday morning came no more food could be had	W
Then she mounted a box about seven o'clock while her heart felt sad	W
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And she took her usual gaze o'er the sea with a wistful eye	O
Hoping that some passing vessel she might descry	Q
And to the westward she espied a bright red light	M
But as the little craft passed on it vanished from her sight	M
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But alas no vessel could she see around anywhere	Q
And at last the poor soul began to despair	Q
And there the lonely woman sat looking out to the heavens above	X
Praying to God for succour with her heart full of love	X
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At last the Columbine began to strike on submerged rocks	J
And with the rise and fall of the sea she received some dreadful shocks	J
And notwithstanding that the vessel was still rolling among the rocks	J
Still the noble heroine contrived once more to raise herself upon the box	J
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Still the Columbine sped on and ran upon a shingly beach	Y
And at last the Island of Lepsoe Miss Mouat did reach	Y
And she was kindly treated by the inhabitants in everyway that's grand	K
And conveyed to Aalesund and there taking steamer to fair England	Z

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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