Oh my name was Robert Kidd
As I sailed, as I sailed
Oh my name was Robert Kidd
As I sailed
My name was Robert Kidd
And God's laws I did forbid
As so wickedly I did
As I sailed, as I sailed
As so wickedly I did
As I sailed
Oh I murdered William Moore
I murdered William Moore
And I laid him in his gore
Not many leagues from shore
I was sick and nigh to death
And I vowed at every breath
For to walk in wisdom's path
My repentance lessened not
My vows I soon forgot
And damnation was my just lot
I spied three ships from Spain
Oh I spied three ships from Spain
I spied three ships from Spain
And I fired on them a-main
And most of them I slain
I spied three ships from France
And to them I did advance
And I took them all by chance
Then fourteen ships I saw
Oh then fourteen ships I saw
Then fourteen ships I saw
And they by my hand did fall
Overtaken now at last
I must die, I must die
And into prison cast
And sentence being past
Come all you young and old
See me die, see me die
Come all you young and old
You are welcome to my goal
And by it I've lost my soul
I must die, I must die
I had ninety bars of gold
As I sailed, as I sailed
And riches uncontrolled
And dollars many-fold
Farewell the raging main
I must die, I must die
Oh farewell the raging main
Farewell the raging main
To Turkey, France, and Spain
I never shall see it again
For I must die, I must die
