Manacle Bell
The Primrose was laden, with troops bound for Spain
All armed to the teeth for the war
But the crew lost their way, in a blizzard that day
And sailed far to close to the shore
Every soul breathed his last in the ocean
Save one lone drummer boy
Their bodies now rest in a church to the west
To gaze upon the Manacle Bell
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Manacle Bell tell the tale of a reef unforgiving
Manacle Bell say a prayer for the lost
Manacle Bell ring your chime
Shed a tear fatal beauty
Ring out your song ‘cross the sea to foretell
The threat that lies beneath the Manacle Bell
Pioneers came from Devon and Cornwall
Sailing west on a barque called the John
The incapable crew, drunk on ship’s brew
Put the ship on the rocks, all hope gone
The captain said hold fast the lifeboats
And climbed with his crew up the mast
Then coldly looked down as whole families drowned
Taken deep beneath the Manacle Bell
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The fated Mohegan, a mystery unsolved
The cause of the wreck still unknown
She steamed full ahead, there were so many dead
As the crowded ship sank like a stone
Why so fast and so near to the coastline
The answers went down with the crew
And those beyond help, stared up through the kelp
Silent in death, Oh Manacle Bell!
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