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Say, these stripes, stripes sure don’t worry me. But these chains, chains goin’ ’a kill me dead.

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Well, this one’s ’ere all right. Captain’s wife or somefink, the mate says. Least, that’s what I think he’s tryin’ ’a say, because he can’t speak no English.

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So while we’re all distracted tryin’ ’a fix it all – that’s when they strike.

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