Captain Kid's Farewell to the Seas

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T:Captain Kid's Farewell to the Seas
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Oxford Book of Sea Songs, ISBN 0-19-282155-5
Z:d'Urfey VI 251
M:4/4
L:1/8     %
K:Gm
D2 |D2 G2 G2 A2 |B4 A2 B2 |c4 B2 A2 | B6
w:My name is Cap-tain Kid, who has sailed, who has sailed
 D2 |D2 G2 G2 A2 |B4 A2 G2 |D6 A2 |
w:sailed, My name is Capt-ain Kid, who has sailed.
A2 |B2 c2 d2 e2 |f4 d2 d2 |c2 B2 A2 G2 |^F6
w:My name is Capt-ain Kid; What the laws did still for-bid,
D2 |D2 G2 G2 A2 |B4 d2 ^F2 |G4 G2 ^F2 |G6  |]
w:Un-luck-i-ly I did while I sailed, while I sailed
W:My name is Captain Kid, who has sailed, who has sailed,
W:My name is Captain Kid, who has sailed.
W:My name is Captain Kid;
W:What the laws did still forbid
W:Unluckily I did while I sailed, while I sailed.
W:
W:Upon the ocean wide, when I sailed, etc.,
W:Upon the ocean wide, when I sailed,
W:Upon the ocean wide
W:I robbed on every side
W:With most ambitious pride, when I sailed, etc.
W:
W:My faults I will display, while I sailed, etc.,
W:My faults I will display, while I sailed.
W:My faults I will display,
W:Committed day by day.
W:[Damnation is my lot, as I sailed,] etc.
W:
W:Many long leagues from shore, when I sailed, etc.,
W:Many long leagues from shore, when I sailed;
W:Many long leagues from shore
W:I murdered William Moore,
W:And laid him in his gore, when I sailed, etc.
W:
W:Because a word he spoke, when I sailed, etc.,
W:Because a word I spoke, when I sailed;
W:Because a word he spoke
W:I with a bucket broke
W:His skull at one sad stroke, while I sailed, etc.
W:
W:I struck with a good will, when I sailed, etc.,
W:I struck with a good will, when I sailed;
W:I struck with a good will,
W:And did a gunner kill,
W:As being cruel still, when I sailed, etc.
W:
W:A Quida merchant then, while I sailed, etc.,
W:A Quida merchant then, while I sailed;
W:A Quida merchant then
W:I robbed of hundreds ten,
W:Assisted by my men, while I sailed, etc.
W:
W:A banker's ship of France, while I sailed, etc.,
W:A banker's ship of France, while I sailed;
W:A banker's ship of France
W:Before us did advance.
W:I seiz-ed her by chance, while I sailed, etc.
W:
W:
W:Full fourteen ships I see, when I sailed, etc.,
W:Full fourteen ships I see, when I sailed;
W:Full fourteen ships I see,
W:Merchants of high degree.
W:They were too hard for me, when I sailed, etc.
W:
W:We steered from sound to sound, while we sailed, etc.,
W:We steered from sound to sound, while we sailed;
W:We steered from sound to sound,
W:A Moorish ship we found.
W:Her men we stripped and bound, while we sailed, etc.
W:
W:Upon the ocean seas while we sailed, etc.,
W:Upon the ocean seas while we sailed,
W:Upon the ocean seas
W:A warlike Portuguese
W:In sport did us displease, while we sailed, etc.
W:
W:At famous Malabar when we sailed, etc.,
W:At famous Malabar when we sailed,
W:At famous Malabar
W:We went ashore, each tar,
W:And robbed the natives there, when we sailed, etc.
W:
W:Then after this we chased, while we sailed, etc.,
W:Then after this we chased, while we sailed,
W:Then after this we chased
W:A rich Armenian, graced
W:With wealth, which we embraced, while we sailed, etc.
W:
W:Many Moorish ships we took while we sailed, etc.,
W:Many Moorish ships we took while we sailed,
W:Many Moorish ships we took;
W:We did still for plunder look.
W:All conscience we forsook while we sailed, etc.
W:
W:I, Captain Cullifoord, while I sailed, etc.,
W:I, Captain Cullifoord, while I sailed,
W:I, Captain Cullifoord,
W:Did many merchants board,
W:Which did much wealth afford, while we sailed, etc.
W:
W:Two hundred bars of gold, while we sailed, etc.,
W:Two hundred bars of gold, while we sailed,
W:Two hundred bars of gold
W:And rich dollars manifold
W:We seiz-ed uncontrolled, while we sailed, etc.
W:
W:St John, a ship of fame, when we sailed, etc.,
W:St John, a ship of fame, when we sailed,
W:St John, a ship of fame,
W:We plundered when she came,
W:With more that I could name, when we sailed, etc.
W:
W:We taken was at last, and must die, etc.,
W:We taken was at last, and must die,
W:We taken was at last
W:And into prison cast.
W:Now, sentence being passed, we must die, etc.
W:
W:Though we have reigned awhile, we must die, etc.,
W:Though we have reigned awhile, we must die,
W:Though we have reigned awhile,
W:While fortune seemed to smile,
W:Now on the British Isle we must die, etc.
W:
W:Farewell the ocean main, we must die, etc.,
W:Farewell the ocean main, we must die,
W:Farewell the ocean main;
W:The coast of France or Spain
W:We ne'er shall see again. We must die, etc.
W:
W:From Newgate now in carts we must go, etc.,
W:[From Newgate now in carts we must go],
W:From Newgate now in carts
W:With sad and heavy hearts
W:To have our due deserts we must go, etc.
W:
W:Some thousands they will flock when we die, etc.,
W:Some thousands they wi!l flock when we die,
W:Some thousands they will flock
W:To Execution Dock,
W:Where we must stand the shock and must die, etc.
W:

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