Captain Kidd (song)

Captain Kidd burying the Bible (1837)

"The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (or simply, "Captain Kidd") is an English song about Captain William Kidd, who was executed for piracy in London on May 23, 1701.

[1] The song was printed in Britain in 1701, and it traveled to the colonies "almost immediately".

[2]

Washington Irving's 1824 work Tales of a Traveller makes mention of the song:

"There 's a fine old song about him, all to the tune of —
My name is Captain Kidd,
As I sailed, as I sailed—
And then it tells all about how he gained the Devil's good graces by burying the Bible :
I had the Bible in my hand,
As I sailed, as I sailed,
And I buried it in the sand
As I sailed. —

Selected recordings

References

Footnotes

  1. "The Ballad of Captain Kidd (traditional)". Cantaria Folk Song Archive.
  2. Kidd, David. "Captain Kidd Music". Archived from the original on 2014-06-20.

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