“Captain Kidd” is actually quoted in a Washington Irving story, so its lineage is pretty well established, and its tune ended up showing up in other songs like “What Wondrous Love is This” and “Sam Hall.” It’s of course a song I first heard from Newfoundland fount of traditional songs Great Big Sea (one of its original members left because he thought they didn’t devote sufficient time to preserving them). In more recent days it was adapted by the TV show TheExpanse as “The Ballad of Captain Ashford.” It’s a well-travelled sea shanty indeed.
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