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PENANCE CRANE:
BbmThe pirate anchored on a WCmednesday BbmAnd why he came to port I Dwonder To see a lady so my fBbmriends say She dDm7ances for the sailors In a smoky cabaret bar uAbmnderground Down in a cellar in a harbBbour town BbmI know he told her love was tCmreasure BbmAnd they would reap the fullestD bounty He only comes to port for Bbmpleasure SDm7o when the winds of morning Blew the curtains in she woke and found hAbme'd gone I saw his sails unfurling ThurBbsday dawn TBbmhe pirate he will sink you with a kiss
He'll steal your heart and sail away THE DANCER: Saturday early we met in the cove near the forest PENANCE:
HGbe'll leave you drowning in the flotsam Of a broken promise in the bay
THE DANCER: (Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus) PENANCE:
GbmHe came again to see her Yes I think they told me it was Saturday
THE DANCER: (Ask Penance Crane she was out in her garden she saw us) PENANCE:
I was at Bbsea then I didn't see them BbmI don't believe what you are Cmsaying BbmIt isn't true I hardly knDew him Is this some game that you are pBbmlaying GDm7o ask the dancer she's the one who saw him last The one who drew himAbm here He hasn't come to me since spBbring last year BbmThere was a time when he would
Bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace THE DANCER: (Then came another "goodbye" and another "Please don't go") PENANCE:
AGbnd he would hold me close And tell my sailing stories by the fireplace
THE DANCER: (All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow) PENANCE:
IGbm was at sea I tell you I was Nowhere near the mentioned murder place
THE DANCER: (Searching for sails that don't come And I guess but I don't know) PENANCE:
Go ask the dBbancer She knows the answer
THE DANCER: I don't know PENANCE:
She knows the aDnswer
THE DANCER: I don't know PENANCE: She knows the answer THE DANCER: I don't know