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Hush Now My Child
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Ye Banished Privateers
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Thirty-four years ago, a fatherless son, in the ashes of Charles Town I was born My dad gave his life, for his baby and wife,he was shot by Juan de Alarcón As the Spaniards returned by the end of the year, there I my first memory acquired From my big sister's arms, saw the the blazing barn when my mom did perish in the fire So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside For the greater good we must sacrifice For our free colony, for the trade overseas For Bourbon, for Spain or for England As our town was rebuilt the following year, we witnessed the Englishmen return And my sister was hanged for bedding a man, that had from the Spanish fleet adjourned Then Nassau was sacked, when the Bourbon attacked and into the woods we did escape There I met a man who told me his plan how our own fate he thought that we could shape Hush now my child, put your sorrows aside For the greater good we must sacrifice For our free colony, for the trade overseas For Bourbon, for Spain or for England So I joined a crew called the Flying Gang and we fought for our own sovereignty With my pistol in hand for the sake of our land, I spread terror and death across the seas In a mighty blockade, we crippled the trade, had the freedom from Europe in our view It’d been long overdue to start something new, from the ashes of tyranny we grew Hush now my child, put your sorrows aside For the greater good we must sacrifice For our free colony, for the trade overseas For Bourbon, for Spain or for England But every night, in my bunk or my bed, a young boy stares into my mind Who's parents I slew, as I righteously drew my cutlass and stabbed them from behind Like so often before, in these times of war, regardless to what end or to what gain Our children still bleed and no matter the cause, our blades and pistols hurt the same Hush now my child, put your sorrows aside For the greater good we must sacrifice For our free colony, for the trade overseas For Bourbon, for Spain or for England
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