The Escape - Chris De Burgh

And so it began

The story how Elzevir would look after John as his own son

And the smugglers betrayed on Moonfleet Bay

By Maskew looking now at Elzevir’s gun

Then a shot rang out in the morning light

Maskew fell, a hole between his eyes

But it was his own men who brought him down

And they also got poor John — oh, they also shot poor John

Oh, it’s a dangerous world boys

Oh, with the smuggling crew

Oh, it’s a dangerous life boys

When you’re running from the Revenue

When you’re running from the Revenue

And so to escape it came now for Elzevir to pick up the boy

And carry him away

For he could not walk with a bullet in the leg

And they made for the safety of the Purbeck cave

T’was there that John would read one night

The words in the locket by candlelight

For the Bible verses held the key to Blackbeard’s hidden treasure

At the bottom of a Castle well

Oh, it’s a dangerous world boys

Oh, in a smuggler’s life

Oh, in the Days of our Age boys

That’s where the secret of the Treasure lies

That’s where the secret of the Treasure lies

Oh we’re going to be rich boys

The treasure we will find

Blackbeard’s bones are dancing here tonight

Yes, we’re going to be rich boys, the treasure we will find

At fourscore-feet-deep-well-North is where it lies!