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CAPTAIN KID'S FAREWELL
My faults I will display while I sail'd, etc., My faults I will display while I sail'd;
My faults I will display,
Committed day by day [A line lost]
Many long leagues from shore when I sail'd, etc., Many long leagues from shore when I sail'd,
Many long leagues from shore
I murdered William More, And laid him in his gore, when I sail'd,
Because a word he spoke when I sail'd, etc., Because a word he spoke when I sail'd,
Because a word he spoke :
I with a bucket broke His scull at one sad stroke, while I sail'd.
I struck with a good will when I sail'd, etc., I struck with a good will when I sail'd ;
I struck with a good will,
And did a gunner kill As being cruel still when I sail'd.
A Quida merchant then while I sail'd, etc., A Quida merchant then while J sail'd,
A Quida merchant then
I robbed of hundreds ten, Assisted by my men, while I sailed.
A banker's ship of France, while I sailed, etc., A banker's ship of France, while I sailed,
A banker's ship of France
Before us did advarice : I seized her by chance, while I sailed.
Full fourteen ships I see when I sailed, etc., Full fourteen ships I see when I sailed;
Full fourteen ships I see,
Merchants of high degree ; They were too hard for me when I sailed.
We steered from sound to sound while we sailed, We steered from sound to sound while we sailed; |
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