| 1714 that was the year
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| The Spanish fleet ran out of luck
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| The weather was stormy
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| The sea was lashing, furious
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| Lightning and thunderstruck
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| Three hundred men
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| Fighting hand in hand
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| Abandonment or raid
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| Tons of 'pieces of eight'
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| The 'Flotilla' was driven
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| Down to the reefs
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| The wooden hulls of the vessels
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| Were cracked
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| 300 000 'pieces of eight'
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| The fleet of that year
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| Was totally wrecked
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| Three hundred men
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| Fighting hand in hand
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| Abandonment or raid
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| Tons of 'pieces of eight'
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| The viceroy commanded
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| To furnish a squad
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| 60 soldiers to dreg up the plate
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| Fool all their salvage
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| To a small camp ashore
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| Lack of suspicion
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| No thought of a raid
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| Jennings came up With a hazardous plan
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| The Spanish garrison
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| Was taken by guise
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| Three sailing vessels
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| Three hundred men
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| 300 000 their glittering prize
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| Three hundred men
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| Fighting hand in hand
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| Abandonment or raid
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| Tons of 'pieces of eight'
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh The Spanish plate hauled off by raid
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Jennings' trick a painful kick
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| During their escape
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| They happened to spy
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| A gorgeous Spanish merchant ship
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| 'In for a penny, in for a pound'
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| They got them in their steely grip
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| And several thousand
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| 'Pieces of eight'
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| To fill their ships up to the deck
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| Jennings' fleet sailed out to sea
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| No one ever found his track
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| Three hundred men
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| Fighting hand in hand
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| Abandonment or raid
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| Tons of 'pieces of eight'
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh The Spanish plate hauled off by raid
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Jennings' trick a painful kick
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Impudent tries will win the prize
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh No soldier pack will find his track |