Captain Kidd

from The Double-Cross by Tempest

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My name is William Kidd and I sailed and I sailed
They called me Captain Kidd and I sailed
My name is Captain Kidd and they sanctioned what I did
Then they double-crossed the bid as I sailed as I sailed
And they double-crossed the bid, as I sailed

It was Sarah that I wed 'for I sailed 'for I sailed
It was Sarah that I wed ‘for I sailed
Widow Sarah I did wed and no Pirate in her bed
Was a Privateer instead then I sailed then I sailed
Was a Privateer instead then I sailed

My name is Captain Kidd they sanctioned what I did
Then they double-crossed the bid as I sailed

And then mutiny began as I sailed, as I sailed
And then mutiny began as I sailed
When the mutiny was led hit the gunner on the head
Then William Moore was dead as I sailed as I sailed
Then William Moore was dead as I sailed

And on the Pirate sea then I sailed then I sailed
And on the Pirate sea then I sailed
And so a Pirate be the Adventure Prize for me
And on to the Caribee did we sail did we sail
And on to the Caribee did we sail

The winds of fortune changed as I sailed as I sailed
The winds of fortune changed as I sailed
A wanted man became Black Pirate on the main
So to Boston we did aim as I sailed as I sailed
So to Boston we did aim as I sailed

To London to be tried and we sailed and we sailed
To London to be tried and we sailed
To London for to hang and they did it once again
Since the rope it wasn't strong no it failed no it failed
And they had to hang me twice when it failed

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from The Double-Cross, released February 21, 2006
CAPTAIN KIDD (Sorbye/Reynolds)
This song is our third in a series about infamous Pirates.

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