The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Santo Domingo
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And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth
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The sand is burnin
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And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight
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their courses turnin
As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nes
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the sea is churning
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The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
The fishermen sweat, they're pausing at their nets, the day's a-burnin
As the warships sway and thunder in the bay, loud the morning
But the boy on the shore is throwing pebbles no more, he runs a-warnin
That the the marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
The streets are still, there's silence in the hills, the town is sleepin
And the farmers yawn in the grey silver dawn, the fields they're keepin
As the first troops land and step into the sand, the flags are weaving
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
The unsmiling sun is shining down upon the singing soldier
In the cloud dust whirl they whistle at the girls, they're getting bolde
The old women sigh, think of memories gone by, they shrug their shoulders
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
Ready for the tricks, their bayonets are fixed, now they are rollin
And the tanks make tracks past the trembling shacks where fear is unfoldin
All the young wives afraid, turn their backs on the parade
