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Straight they went and cut her down,
And in her breaſt a note was found;
This, note was written out at large,
"Bury 'me not, I do you charge;

But on the ground here let me lie,
For every one that paſſes by,
That they by me may warning take,
And ſee what follows ere too late.

As he is falſe, I do proteſt:
That he on earth ſhall find no reſt."
And it is ſaid, she plagu'd him ſo,
That to the ſeas he's forc'd to go.

As he was on the main-maft high,
A little boat he did eſpy,
In it there was a Ghoſt fo grim.
That made him tremblé ev'r, limb!

Down to the deck the young man goes,
To the Captain his mind for to diſcloſe:
Here is a Spirit coming hence,
O Captain ſtand in my defence.

Upon the deck the Captain goes,
Where ſoon he ſpy'd the fatal Ghoſt!