Far beyond the Mede, my friends, far past most distant reaches
Lies maiden fair Rednanroah, gold upon its beaches
Its trees bear fruit so honey-sweet; its islanders, they beckon
To sailor boys and sailor girls with bosoms there to lay on

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Rednanroah, we sail for you
Sand white as mother’s milk
Oh maiden fair, betrothed to you
Oh nonnie-nonnie-no-ah!

But curséd be Rednanroah, for shielding her virtue
Are corals not nor pirates too, but lithe and strong lassos
They grasp and writhe, like snakes they strike any who would approach
With suckers puck’d and muscles struck they creep and they encroach

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Rednanroah, we sail for you
Sand white as mother’s milk
Oh maiden fair, betrothed to you
Oh nonnie-nonnie-no-ah!

Rednanroah blazing in their sights, no sailors hear them coming
Until the cries ring loud and high and the massacre is wringing
They pluck out seamen’s groins with ease, they rend seawomen’s breasts
They thrash and stab and whip and grab, immune to your damndest

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Rednanroah, we sail for you
Sand white as mother’s milk
Oh maiden fair, betrothed to you
Oh nonnie-nonnie-no-ah!

The tentacles rip you apart, they poke you through and through
They tighten all around your hull and crush your vessel too
And if you’re still alive somehow, the worst is coming yet
They’ll pull you down into the depths and feed you to their nests

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Rednanroah, we sail for you
Sand white as mother’s milk
Oh maiden fair, betrothed to you
Oh nonnie-nonnie-no-ah!

So sailor, should you ever see sweet Rednanroah’s sway
Pull hard to port and turn away: She is not yours to lay
For we seek Rednanroah true, we’ll clear away her curse
It might take years, and years yet more, but we shall not reverse-ah!

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Rednanroah, we sail for you
Sand white as mother’s milk
Oh maiden fair, betrothed to you
Oh nonnie-nonnie-no-ah!