Cruel Ship's Captain - Mixed
A boy to me was bound apprentice
Because his parents they were poor
I took him from St James's workhouse
All for to sail upon the Spanish shore
This boy one day he did offend me
No other word then did I say
But straight away to the yardarm dragged him
And left him there until the very next day
His hands and feet they hung before him
His arms and legs they hung likewise
And with my tarry rope I killed him
Because I would not hear his cries
And then my men they did desert me
Because that I had done such wrong
And in my cabin close confined me
And bound me there with iron strong
To London town they then did take me
And here lie I condemned to die
If I had by my men been ruled
I might have spared that poor boys life
So come you men who sail the oceans
For you with servants wait on thee
I pray you never, never ill-use them
For you plainly see it was the death of me
Because his parents they were poor
I took him from St James's workhouse
All for to sail upon the Spanish shore
This boy one day he did offend me
No other word then did I say
But straight away to the yardarm dragged him
And left him there until the very next day
His hands and feet they hung before him
His arms and legs they hung likewise
And with my tarry rope I killed him
Because I would not hear his cries
And then my men they did desert me
Because that I had done such wrong
And in my cabin close confined me
And bound me there with iron strong
To London town they then did take me
And here lie I condemned to die
If I had by my men been ruled
I might have spared that poor boys life
So come you men who sail the oceans
For you with servants wait on thee
I pray you never, never ill-use them
For you plainly see it was the death of me
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Writer(s): Nicola Kearey, Ian Carter
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