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The Ballad of Sandcastle Jane


     This is the Ballad of Sandcastle Jane
     Who went to the seaside in the pouring rain
     Where she built sandcastles on the seashore
     At first there was one, then there were more.

     Then, far away she espied Seashore Bill
     A renowned mud larker of considerable skill
     Bill and Jane had crossed buckets before
     On a distant un-named and rainy seashore,

     Now Jane was busy on the rain dampened sand
     Making a castle with spade and bucket in hand
     When up came Bill, a frown on his face,
     “You cannot build here, there’s finds in this place.”

     Bill swept his metal detector over the strand
     Excavating the moats Jane for her castles had planned
     “Stop that!”, Jane cried as Bill sounded the ground
     Picking up possible treasure he’d found.

     They fought bucket and spade for their sandy domain
     Amid the wind and the tide and the down pouring rain
     Until Jane dug a hole under Bill’s feet,
     Her victory now was nearly complete.

     As Bill gurgled his last as he sank in the sand
     Jane repented and grasped Seashore Bill by the hand
     She struggled to lift the considerable weight
     Up came Bill and Pieces of Eight	

     Now Bill and Jane are happily wed
     With Dubloons and Silver stashed under their bed
     Jane and Bill never went to the seashore again
     So ends the Ballad of Sandcastle Jane.

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Date: 12/22/2022 1:11:00 PM
a happy ending but sand forever in their bed
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Barry Stebbings
Date: 12/23/2022 6:24:00 AM
Ha, ha, had not thought of that. // Barry

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