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    "text": "Great Dewey, mightiest of men,",
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    "text": "To sink or take a ship,",
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    "text": "Shows the white flag and feather when",
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    "text": "He hears the guns of Grip.",
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    "text": "Great Grip! Great Dewey! Oh, my heart,",
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    "text": "There’s less tempestuous weather",
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    "text": "When they are leagues and leagues apart",
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    "text": "The air is full of uniform⁠—",
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    "text": "Gold lace with buttons blent!⁠—",
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    "text": "And then a voice succeeds the storm:",
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    "text": "“I’ve downed that festive gent.”",
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    "text": "Long shall the tale be told by brave",
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    "text": "And high-born cavaliers,",
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    "text": "And old Montojo from the grave",
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