Captain Kidd

1650-1701

This person in the gaudy clothes

Is worthy Captain Kidd.

They say he never buried gold.

I think, perhaps, he did.

They say it's all a story that

His favorite little song

Was "Make these lubbers walk the plank!"

I think, perhaps, they're wrong.

They say he never pirated

Beneath the Skull-and-Bones.

He merely traveled for his health

And spoke in soothing tones.

In fact, you'll read in nearly all

The newer history books

That he was mild as cottage cheese

—But I don't like his looks!