Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers

by John S. C. Abbott

“My name was William Kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed,

My name was William Kidd when I sailed,

My name was William Kidd, God’s laws I did forbid,

And so wickedly I did when I sailed.

“Thus being o’ertaken at last, I must die, I must die,

Thus being o’ertaken at last, I must die;

Thus being o’ertaken at last, and into prison cast,

And sentence being pass’d, I must die.

“To Newgate now I’m cast, and must die, and must die,

To Newgate now I’m cast, and must die,