My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed, as I sailed
My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed.
My name is Captain Kidd, and wickedly I did
And wickedly I did as I sailed, as I sailed
And wickedly I did as I sailed.
My parents taught me well…
My parents taught me well to shun the gates of Hell
But against them I rebelled…
I’d a Bible in my hand…
I’d a Bible in my hand; I sunk it in the sand
Before I left the strand…
I spied three ships of Spain…
I spied three ships of Spain; I fired on them the main
‘Til all three crew was slain…
I’d eighty bars of gold…
I’d eighty bars of gold and dollars in the hold
And riches uncontrolled…
I murdered William Moore…
I murdered William Moore and left him in his gore
Full forty leagues from shore…
O’ertaken now at last…
O’ertaken now at last and into prison cast
And sentence being passed…
To execution dock I must go, I must go
To execution dock I must go
To execution dock while thousands ‘round me flock
To see me on the block as I go, as I go
To see me on the block as I go.
They called me Captain Kidd as I sailed, as I sailed.
They called me Captain Kidd, and wickedly I did
And wickedly I did as I sailed, as I sailed.