Late at night Jim slips away and rows out to the Hispaniola. He captures the ship - having killed one of the pirates on board - and hides it in a secluded bay. The song is full of surfing sounds.

It’d actually be quite hard to bury the sort of treasure that pirates were after. The idea of pirates hunting for gold and jewels is bit of a myth, as it would just weigh down the ship.

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