Bloody Jack is Just a Girl

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I'm mostly peaceful

Calm as the ocean during a storm

I'm not too graceful

I've had sea legs since I was born

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I'm not too smart

A novice in embroidery

I'm fair decent in art

Give me a sail, I'll take to the sea

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I like open air

A place where I can run and dance and sing

Sun bleaches my hair

While I run from sheriffs and tactless kings

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I make friends easy

But enemies come just as fast

Some boys seem to like me

Though I like swingin' from the mast

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I'm not always liked

And I've been locked in the brig

Hit me and I'll cry

Because I'm only human

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I'm Bloody Jack

Famous in both legend and song

I've seen the Cathay Cat and Bombay rat

But I'm just a girl, getting along.