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ON BARNEGAT SHOALS, by                    
First Line: The wind blows east on barnegat
Last Line: But ship and souls are gone.
Subject(s): Barnegat Bay, New Jersey


The wind blows east on Barnegat,
The wind blows east on Squan,
As homeward bound sails the clipper ship,
As homeward bound from a Madras trip,
She bowls merrily on.

The wind blows east on Barnegat,
The wind blows east on Squan,
After nine days of dead reckoning
Tall Barnegat light is beckoning,
She speeds joyously on.

The wind blows east on Barnegat,
The wind blows east on Squan,
The driving mists hide the light from view,
As swift toward death, with her hapless crew,
She sweeps heedlessly on.

The wind blows east on Barnegat,
The wind blows east on Squan,
The breakers crash on the treach'rous shoals:
Pray, women, for your loved ones' souls,
Into the breakers gone.

The wind blows east on Barnegat,
The wind blows east on Squan,
The winding mists blot the heavens out,
The clinging fogs shut the breakers out,
And ship and souls are gone.

The wind blows west on Barnegat,
The wind blows west on Squan,
The bright sun glints on the heaving sea,
The spray leaps up from the bar in glee,
But ship and souls are gone.





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