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Album: Miscellaneous (2008)
Artists: Seeger Pete

  1. Battle Of New Orleans
  2. Blow Ye Winds In The Morning
  3. Both Sides Now
  4. Captain Kidd
  5. Die Gedanken Sind Frei
  6. Draft Dodger Rag
  7. Everybody Loves Saturday Night
  8. Flowers Of Peace
  9. Half Hitch
  10. How Can I Keep From Singing
  11. I Mind My Own Business
  12. John Riley
  13. My Get Up And Go Has Got Up And Went
  14. Old Devil Time
  15. Sailing Down My Golden River
  16. Sour Cream
  17. The First Time
  18. The Silver Dagger
  19. Where Have All The Flowers Gone


Seeger Pete
Miscellaneous
Captain Kidd
CAPTAIN KIDD

My name is Captain Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed
My name is Captian Kidd, as I sailed
My name is Captian Kidd, God's laws I did forbid
And most wickedly I did, as I sailed, as I sailed

Oh, my parents taught me well, as I sailed, as I sailed
My parents taught me well, as I sailed
My parents taught me well to shun the gates of Hell
But against them I rebelled, as I sailed, as I sailed

Well, I murdered William Moore, as I sailed, as I sailed
I murdered William Moore, as I sailed
I murdered William Moore and I left him in his gore
Forty leagues from shore, as I sailed, as I sailed

And being cruel still, as I sailed, as I sailed
And being cruel still, as I sailed
And being cruel still the gunner I did kill
And his precious blood did spill, as I sailed, as I sailed

Well, my repentance lasted not, as I sailed, as I sailed
My repentance lasted not, as I sailed
My repentance lasted not, my vows I soon forgot
Damnation was my lot, as I sailed, as I sailed

To execution dock I must go, I must go
To execution dock I must go
To execution dock, lay my head upon the block
And no more the laws I'll mock, as I sail, as I sail

The reputation for cruelty and viciousness generally assigned to
Captain Kidd, probably the most famous of all pirates, is largely
the result of the ballad maker's art. Actually, it would appear
that William Kidd (1645?-1701) was the victim of a frame-up. He
was hanged, guilty or not, near London on May 23, 1701.

The tune, and particularly the verse pattern, of this song has
been used for other songs, such as: "Samuel Hall", "The Pirates
They Grow Small", and the American hymn, "Wonderous Love." This
version comes from Peter Seeger, who learned it in London from
Steve Benbow.
NOTE: Most versions have "My name is Robert Kidd etc." Nobody
seems to know where the "Robert" came from. RG

Recorded on "Golden Ring", FSI-16, 1964
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