As I sailed, as I sailed,
My name was Robert Kidd;
God's laws I did forbid,
And so wickedly I did,
As I sailed, as I sailed.'
“Now ye see, boys, he's a goin' to tell how he abused his religious privileges; just hear now:—
“'My father taught me well,
As I sailed, as I sailed;
My father taught me well
To shun the gates of hell,