| Old sea captain warned us today
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| When the lord surely looked the other way
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| Something in the stream outside of town
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| Reached up and dragged my poor child down
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| Has the devil caused this hellish heat
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| To lure our children down to the creek
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| Eleven miles from the nearest waves
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| What manner of beast has swam in from the bay
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| Young man dive in with hopes to free
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| My boy’s body from the jaws of the thing
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| At the deepest part of the swimming hole
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| Refuses to give back the life it stole
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| Has the devil caused this hellish heat
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| To lure our children down to the creek
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| Eleven miles from the nearest waves
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| What manner of beast has swam in from the bay
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| Bring your guns and dynamite
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| The monster in the creek dies tonight
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| Fire at whatever moves within the muddy waters of Matawan
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| Life fuses tossed deep
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| We’ll blow the demon right out of the stream
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| Has the devil caused this hellish heat
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| To lure our children down to the creek
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| Eleven miles from the nearest waves
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| What manner of beast has swam in from the bay |