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 The Bahia Emerald

The Bahia Emerald does be

830 pounder said

Worth a billion dollars, wowee,

That's one great big chunk of green bread.

Mined from Bahia, Brazil and

Then smuggled to the U.S. where

Possessors came to understand

It came with a curse to beware.

Whoever had the stone did seem

To lose money this way or that.

Most lost from unrelated scheme,

But blame to emerald became pat.

Round trip the emerald did fulfill,

Court ordered return to Brazil.