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| Captain Kidd (1645-1701) was hanged as a pirate in 1701. This tune appeared as a broadside shortly after.
The tune and word patterns are similar to: William Kidd had been a privateer for Great Britian and was commissioned by New York and Massachusetts to hunt pirates. He himself turned pirate. He killed his gunner, William Moore, during a threatened mutiny. See link to biography for more detailed information. |
My name is William Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed My name is William Kidd, as I sailed My name is William Kidd, God's laws I did forbid And most wickedly I did, as I sailed, as I sailed Oh, my parents taught me well, as I sailed, as I sailed My parents taught me well, as I sailed My parents taught me well to shun the gates of Hell But against them I rebelled, as I sailed, as I sailed Oh, I murdered William Moore, as I sailed, as I sailed I murdered William Moore, as I sailed I murdered William Moore and I left him in his gore Many leagues from shore, as I sailed, as I sailed Oh, I steered from sound to sound, as I sailed, as I sailed Oh I steered from sound to sound, as I sailed I steered from sound to sound, and many ships I found And all of them I burned as I sailed, as I sailed And being cruel still, as I sailed, as I sailed And being cruel still, as I sailed And being cruel still my gunner I did kill And his precious blood did spill, as I sailed, as I sailed I was sick and nigh to death, as I sailed, as I sailed I was sick and nigh to death, as I sailed I was sick and nigh to death and I vowed with every breath To walk in wisdom's ways when I sailed, when I sailed My repentance lasted not, as I sailed, as I sailed My repentance lasted not, as I sailed My repentance lasted not, my vows I soon forgot Damnation was my lot, as I sailed, as I sailed To execution dock I must go, I must go To execution dock I must go To execution dock, while many thousands flock But I must bear the shock and must die, and must die, Take a warning now by me, for I must die, for I must die, Take a warning now by me for I must die Take a warning now by me and shun bad company, Lest you come to hell with me, for I must die, I must die. |
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The Burl Ives Song Book See Bibliography for full information. |
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