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Here's to the feet wot have walked the plank-
Yo-ho! for the dead man's throttle.
And here's to the corpses afloat in the tank,
And the dead man's teeth in the bottle.

For a pound of gunshot tied to his feet,
And a ragged bit of sail for a winding-sheet;
Then the signal goes with a bang and a flash,
And overboard you go with a horrible splash.

And all that isn't swallowed by the sharks outside,
Stands up again upon its feet upon the running tide
And it keeps a-blowin' gently, and a-lookin' with surprise
At each little crab a-scramblin' from the sockets of its eyes.

Captain Clegg's song		 The Marsh Phantom
by Terry Anthony
By permission of John Lowdell

Introduction and Contents

These pages are devoted to one of the best-known residents of Dymchurch: the fictional parson, Doctor Syn. He was once the notorious pirate Captain Clegg and went on to lead a secret life as the Scarecrow, leader of a gang of Romney Marsh smugglers. The character was created by Russell Thorndike in 1915 and has made many appearances since then.

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Updated 23 April 2002


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