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    "text": "The wind blew shrill and smart,",
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    "text": "And the wind awoke my heart",
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    "text": "Again to go a-sailing o’er the sea,",
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    "text": "To hear the cordage moan",
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    "text": "And the straining timbers groan,",
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    "text": "And to see the flying pennon lie a-lee.",
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    "text": "O sailor of the fleet,",
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   {
    "text": "It is time to stir the feet!",
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   {
    "text": "It’s time to man the dingy and to row!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "It’s lay your hand in mine",
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   {
    "text": "And it’s empty down the wine,",
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    "text": "And it’s drain a health to death before we go!",
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    "text": "To death, my lads, we sail;",
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    "text": "And it’s death that blows the gale",
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    "text": "And death that holds the tiller as we ride.",
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   {
    "text": "For he’s the king of all",
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   {
    "text": "In the tempest and the squall,",
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    "text": "And the ruler of the Ocean wild and wide!",
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