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323:. It mentions the term "Coffin Ship" as it is waiting by the quay to take him away from here. The song continues the journey across the ocean as a storm rips the sails off and leaving the ship lost om the ocean. It finishes by describing all the passengers that had died on the crossing and the final sinking of the ship.
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