The Shrieking Woman At Marblehead

'Twas a Spanish galleon sailed the seas, -             Two centuries since have rolled -         Laden with silver and gems to please             Gay dames and gallants bold.         But villainous pirates seized the ship             As homeward she was bound;         Ah, she has made her last long trip             For they ran her soon aground.         From Oakum Bay into Marblehead             They brought one lady fair, -         Her husband, alas, and his crew are dead,             And her they will not spare.         Loud, loud she shrieked in the pirates' arms,             "Oh, save me - Jesu, save!"         Cruel echo mocked at her wild alarms,             As they dug her a nameless grave.         Yet once a year when the night has come             That saw her dreadful death,         You can hear her above the ocean's boom             Shriek out with her dying breath.