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The Ballad Of Jerome Cornelius

from Time On His Own (2012) by Dan Frechette

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The Ballad Of Jerome Cornelius

In 1628 two ships
left Holland and were caught in a storm
bound for the East Indies islands
and the two ships swung off course
The merchant ship Batavia
with 300 people onboard
struck a coral reef in the Wallaby
near the west Australian shore

These islands were short on water
Captain Paelsaert went for aid
Planned a month long journey
in a dinghy up north
for the sake of the castaways

and tired and torn they reached the shore
of the East Indies islands
the governor sent them back
on a rescue yacht
he lent them the yacht Sardam

The Batavia's survivors carried jewels and gold
and 12 chests of money onto land
and a greedy young thug named Cornelius
quickly took command
He planned to seize the rescue ship
he and many a man
and escape with the money and the gold and the jewels
and kill who betrayed his plan
he ordered a brutal massacre
150 men and women died
Cornelius and his men watched the sea everyday
for the Sardam was due anytime

Cornelius knew of an island
3 or 4 miles away
with a team of survivors led by a man
whose name was Webeye Hayes
Hayes was warned by refugees
of Cornelius's plan
Hayes alerted the captain when the ship hit the shore
that Cornelius would seize the Sardam
Pealsart seized Cornelius
he was tried and put in a cell
they cut off both his hands and hung him on a stand
and to his men the same fate was dealt.

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from Time On His Own (2012), released December 31, 2012

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