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Yersinia pestis
Parasites living in rodents
Carriers infecting victims
Signs of sickness in days
Pneumonic attack, with fever and chills
Abdominal pain
Feeling breath shorten
6 out of 10 on every street
6 out of 10 in every family
5 million dead, in only 9 months
Taking the young, the rich and the poor
Middle ages
Bubonic symptoms
Lymph nodes enlarged
Bleeding skin, appears to be black
Thick vile mixed with green scum
Granting remission of sin
To all that will die
6 out of 10 on every street
6 out of 10 in every family
5 million dead, in only 9 months
Taking the young, the rich and the poor