My name was Robert Kidd, God’s laws I did forbid,
And so wickedly I did, when I sail’d.
He beareth witness to the good counsel of his parents:
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:
I cursed my father dear, when I sail’d, when I sail’d,
I cursed my father dear, when I sail’d,