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318 Ballads and Songs of Michigan |
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129 CAPTAIN KIDD
The original broadside of this song was printed in 1701, the year of Captain Kidd's trial and execution. The song appeared in early nineteenth-century broadsides in America and m many song books. For a discussion of its history and of Captain Kidd, for references, and for a text of twenty-five stanzas see Mackenzie, pp. 278-282 For other American texts see Finger, pp. 29-32, and Hudson, pp 78-79, The present version was sung in 1934 by Mrs. Charles Muchler, Kalkaska. |
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i My name is Robert Kidd, as I sail, as I sail, My name is Robert Kidd, as I sail; My name is Robert Kidd, many wicked deeds I did, God's law I did forbid, as I sail
2 My mother taught me well, as I sail, as I sail, My mother taught me well, as I sail;
My mother taught me well to shun the gates of hell, And read my Bible well, as I sail.
3 She placed a Bible in my hand, as I sail, as I sail, She placed a Bible in my hand, as I sail;
She placed a Bible in my hand; I sunk it in the sand Before I left the strand, as I sail.
4 I murdered William Moore, as I sail, as I sail, I murdered William Moore, as I sail;
I murdered William Moore and left him in his gore Not many leagues from shore, as I sail. |
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