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Hey gather round, and I'll tell you a tale,
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How a legend was born five decades ago.
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He came to us a mid-summer's day,
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It was breezy and hot and quite muggy.....that's what they say.
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Martin of the Sevens, he came down from heaven.
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He waited up there for almost eight years. What took you so long? About time you got here!
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The years rolled along, he grew handsome and strong.
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He could swim like a fish, debate you all night long.
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Pursued a career, and fought for justice I'm told,
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Got married, had kids before he got he got too old.
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Martin of the Sevens, he's a super nice husband and dad.
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Loves his family, and friends and Red Sox, hence; that's why we're here, it's no !
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We wish you fair winds on baby blue seas,
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As you sail through time with serenity. pause, then slowly
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May you always feel the love, may always you find affection,
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When you look into our eyes, and see own reflection.
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