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The Siege Of Caffa
We were safe in our walls
The Mongols were outside
Then we saw something fall
And our eyes went plate wide
The bodies were falling
No one was truly safe
The Black Death was calling
To that scared Caffa place
We heard a whoosh and thump
And that's right when we knew
The bodies were just dumped
And we all would be through
The bodies were falling
No one was truly safe
The Black Death was calling
To that scared Caffa place
The bodies kept flying
One by one, two by two
Our people kept dying
One by one said adieu
The bodies were falling
No one was truly safe
The Black Death was calling
To that scared Caffa place
Most of Caffa was dead
Europe was next in line
The Mongol cowards fled
Europe ignored the signs
The bodies were falling
No one was truly safe
The Black Death was calling
To that unaware place
This ballad is about the Siege of Caffa, which is one of the first recorded instances of biological warfare and a hypothesized way that the Black Death reached Europe.