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From Bimini to the Jersey Shore they ran their sacred mission
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To help the poor unfortunates, oppressed by the Prohibition
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When the Puritans in politics began to play their dirty tricks
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And outlaw every thing that we enjoy
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Rum boats ahoy
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Were gonna get ourselves a drop of the Real McCoy
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Chorus:
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Rum runner, rum runner
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Run your rum right up the line
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Rum runner, rum runner
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Rum, whiskey, gin and rye
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Run rum runners run
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Were running dry
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Were running dry
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Three miles off the shoreline waits the infamous Rum Row
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Well if its gambling, or girls, or drink you want just ask Havana Joe
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You wont be taxed so never mind, and once youve left the law behind
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You can have it all, whatever is your vice
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Just name your price
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Its a free and easy floating paradise
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(Chorus)
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Well the boats come up from Charleston, and down from Gloucester Bay
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Theyre giving out free samples boys, and the partys underway
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Somebody brought a Calypso band, its loud enough to hear on land
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And the hold is filled with barrels fit to burst
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To quench our thirst
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If the excise cutters dont get to it first
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(Chorus)
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The shore patrol is on the way, our machine gun's at the ready
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God help us if we need it now, our hands are none too steady
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Uncle Sam is closing in, to take our women, take our gin
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Youve bled us dry with all your revenues
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Whats left to lose?
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You can take our lives but youll never take our booze
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