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‘Started under Captain Vane

Obeying him didn’t fit me fine

Many times, he ordered retreat

In mutiny, he suffered defeat

Now good prizes were our own

Even a ship we captured from the crown

But while on land they took it back

And the pardon now led the track

Wind in my neck and the devil on my shoulders

Sailing the seas without obeying orders

Drinking all day and stealing your wife

Is all that matters in my way of life

Following the law was not sunny

I had an affair with Anne Bonny

We stole a sloop and we flew

Undetected Mary Read joined the crew

They sent out pirate hunters

We were caught by Barnets soldiers

The women fought without a doubt

While we were drunk and passed out

Wind in my neck and the devil on my shoulders

Sailing the seas without obeying orders

Drinking all day and stealing your wife

Is all that matters in my way of life

Here at the gallows I stay

So, this shall be my last day

I’m facing the reaper, yet

I have nothing to regret

The last thoughts of my life

Go out to my wife

And the kid that grows in her

I beg for mercy in a prayer

Wind in my neck and the devil on my shoulders

Sailing the seas without obeying orders

Drinking all day and stealing your wife

Was all that mattered in my way of life

Wind in my neck and the devil on my shoulders

Sailing the seas without obeying orders

Drinking all day and stealing your wife

Was all that mattered in my way of life