The Escape-Chris De Burgh

[ti:The Escape] [ar:Chris De Burgh] [al:Moonfleet & Other Stories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Escape - Chris De Burgh [00:55.93]And so it began [00:57.21] [00:57.87]The story how Elzevir would look after John as his own son [01:03.92]And the smugglers betrayed on Moonfleet Bay [01:07.88]By Maskew looking now at Elzevir's gun; [01:11.83] [01:15.13]Then a shot rang out in the morning light [01:18.87] [01:19.73]Maskew fell a hole between his eyes [01:23.25]But it was his own men who brought him down [01:27.64]And they also got poor John – oh they also shot poor John; [01:34.96] [01:38.00]Oh it's a dangerous world boys [01:42.14]Oh with the smuggling crew [01:46.34]Oh it's a dangerous life boys [01:50.17]When you're running from the Revenue [01:53.99]When you're running from the Revenue; [01:57.58] [02:01.23]And so to escape it came now for Elzevir to pick up the boy [02:06.98]And carry him away [02:09.09]For he could not walk with a bullet in the leg [02:12.94]And they made for the safety of the Purbeck cave; [02:17.56] [02:20.43]T'was there that John would read one night [02:23.86]The words in the locket by candlelight [02:27.26]For the Bible verses held the key to Blackbeard's hidden treasure [02:34.90] [02:36.59]At the bottom of a Castle well; [02:43.41]Oh it's a dangerous world boys [02:46.99]Oh in a smuggler's life [02:50.85]Oh in the Days of our Age boys [02:55.05]That's where the secret of the Treasure lies [02:59.00]That's where the secret of the Treasure lies [03:05.27] [03:18.03]That's where the secret of the Treasure lies [03:21.41] [03:22.05]That's where the secret of the Treasure lies [03:28.16] [03:59.22]Oh we're going to be rich boys [04:01.36]The treasure we will find [04:03.43]Blackbeard's bones are dancing here tonight; [04:06.95]Yes we're going to be rich boys the treasure we will find [04:10.42] [04:10.97]At fourscore-feet-deep-well-North is where it lies