"Ye lamentable BALLAD, AND Ye TRUE HLSTORIE OF CAPTAINS ROBERT KIDD, WHO WAS HANGED IN CHAINS AT EXECUTION DOCK, FOR PIRACY AND MURDER ON Ye HIGH SEAS."
You captains bold and brave, hear our cries, hear our cries, You captains bold and brave, hear our cries.
You captains brave and bold, tho' you seem uncontroll'd, Don't for the sake of gold lose your souls, lose your souls, Don't for the sake of gold lose your souls.
He calleth ui>on the captains.
He stateth his name and ackno^ledgeth Ills wickedness.
He beareth witness ol' thu good counsel of his psircnis.
My name veas Robert Kidd, when I sail'd, when I sail'd, My name was Robert Kidd, when 1 sail'd.
My name was Robert Kidd, God's laws I did forbid, And so wickedly I did, when I sail'd.
My parents taught me well, when I sail'd, when I sail'd, My parents taught me well, when I sail'd.
My parents taught me well to shun the gates of hell, But against them I rebell'd when I sail'd.
He curseth his father and his mother dear.
And blnsphenveth against God.
He burieih the Good Book in the sand.
I cursed my father dear, when I sail'd, when I sail'd, I cursed my father dear, when I sail'd,
I cursed my father dear and her that did me bear, And so wickedly did swear, when I sail'd.
I made a solemn vow when I sail'd, when I sail'd,
I made a solemn vow when I sail'd, I made a solemn vow, to God I would not bow.