The Beaches Of Lukannon

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I met my mates in the morning, and oh, but I am old!
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Where roaring on the ledges, the summer ground-swell rolled
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I heard them lift the chorus that drowned the breakers' song
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The Beaches of Lukannon, two million voices strong

[Verse]
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The song of pleasant stations, beside the salt lagoons
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The song of blowing squadrons, that shuffled down the dunes
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The song of midnight dances, that churned the swell to flame
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The Beaches of Lukannon, before the sealers came!

[Verse]
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I met my mates in the morning, I'll never meet them more!
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They came and went in legions that darkened all the shore
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And o'er the foam-flecked offing as far as voice could reach
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We hailed the landing-parties and sang them up the beach

[Verse]
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The Beaches of Lukannon, the winter-wheat so tall
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The dripping crinkled lichens, and the sea-fog drenching all!
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The platforms of our playground, all shining smooth and worn!
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The beaches of Lukannon, the home where we were born!

[Verse]
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I met my mates in the morning, a broken, scattered band
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Men shoot us in the water, they club us on the land
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Men drive us to the Salt House like silly sheep and tame
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And still we sing Lukannon, before the sealers came

[Verse]
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Wheel down, wheel down to South'ard, go Gooverooska, go!
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And tell the Deep Sea Viceroys the story of our woe
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Ere, empty as the sharks-egg the tempest flings ashore
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The Beaches of Lukannon will know their sons no more!