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Author's Note: The original version of this shanty is called "Banks of Newfoundland", and can be found on the tube here: /watch?v=EijPtv2k9xY
THE DUNES OF TATOOINE
Me smugglers on the Kessel Run, I'll have you to beware;
When hauling through the howling Maw, stow all your spice with care.
The Imps they know it's their very
Last chance to pick you clean,
For the Empire knows the Hutts they own
All the dunes of Tatooine.
A den of thieves and smugglers, a hive of villainy;
For the Empire knows no moisture flows
On the dunes of Tatooine.
Corellia's son, that smuggler Han, and his first mate Chewbacca,
I'll tell you well they suffered like hell hauling freight for old Jabba.
They dumped their spice on the Kessel Run,
And jumped for Mos Eisley
For the Captain knew the Imps were few
On the dunes of Tatooine.
A den of thieves and smugglers, a hive of villainy;
For the Empire knows no moisture flows
On the dunes of Tatooine.
The pods they race through the Jutland Wastes to the Great Pit of Carkoon,
And the winds and storm they howl and roar to the tune of Ar-Amu.
She's grieving for her children;
There's nowhere they can flee.
For the slaves they know the Hutts they own
Every dune on Tatooine.
A den of thieves and smugglers, a hive of villainy;
For the Empire knows no moisture flows
On the dunes of Tatooine.
And now old Jabba's dead me boys, his sail barge blown to hell;
We heard the news from the forest moon how the Sith and Empire fell.
But the mining guilds will be here soon,
No we never will be free;
For nobody knows and nobody cares
For the souls on Tatooine.
A den of thieves and smugglers, a hive of villainy;
The Republic knows no moisture flows
On the dunes of Tatooine.
A den of thieves and smugglers, a hive of villainy;
The Republic knows no moisture flows
On the dunes of Tatooine.