GIP: Pirate Halloween Costume...

[mcroft]

Not my Halloween costume, Barack Obama's. I'm sure someone will want to know the extent of his relationship with William Kidd (a notorious pirate terrorist) very, very soon. Kidd, after all, was well known for stealing muslins.

I'm reminded of the fabulous Great Big Sea's fabulous redition of Captain Kidd
My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed as I sailed
My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed
My name is Catpain Kidd and God's laws I did forbid
And most wickedly I did as I sailed

My father taught me well to shun the gates of Hell
But against him I rebelled as I sailed
He shoved a bible in my hand but I left it in the sand
As I pulled away from land as I sailed

Chorus

I murdered William Moore and I left him in his gore
Twenty leagues away from shore as I sailed
And being crueler still, the gunner I did kill
Oh his precious blood did spill as I sailed

Chorus

I was sick and nigh to death and I vowed at every breath
To walk in Wisdom's path as I sailed
But my repentance lasted not and my vows I soon forgot
Damnation is my lot as I sailed

Chorus

To the execution dock, lay my head upon the block
The laws no more I'll mock as I sailed
So take warning here and heed to shun bad company
Or you'll find yourself like me as I sailed

Chorus