Hey! Hey!
Get Larbord tacks onboard!
Medic, medic, medic!

The pale blue Boston moonlight paints my lonely cell
Coil the ropes on deck!
Tomorrow I might die, so I will my story tell
Round and tight they go!
A carpenter at sea, I set off to make my trade
Neatly stowed and clear!
Shipping out from London, I with the Whydah sailed

Up the riggin'!
Aye, aye!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dye
Hey! Hey!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dah
Hey! Hey! Hеy!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dah
Hеy! Hey!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dye
Hey! Hey! Hey!


Crossing the Atlantic, I my conscience must have sold
Up main t'gallant sail!
For in the cargo hold, we had chained five hundred souls
Pull with all you've got
In a new world colony, we our cargo put on sale
So heave, and up she goes!
Sailing back northeast when the black sails caught our tail
Lash and carry!
The Whydah galley twists and turns
Hey! Hey!
To England she will not return
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Run aground in heavy fog
Hey! Hey!
Reefers gathering at Cape Cod
Hey! Hey! Hey!

The chase went on three days at end
The pirates on us steady gained
Captain ordered strike our flag
And Bellamy his price soon had
Soon all maties joined their crew
The Whydah now the black flag flew
I would see my nail and saw
Forced to turn from land and law
We sailed up north for Newport, raiding 'long the shore
Prepare to come about!
Many were the ship-crews that fell victim in this war
About! Ready on your mark!
Till near the coast of Chatham, the fog came rolling in
Brace and hold her fast!
And in the milky white, we felt the hull give in
Heave and carry!
The Whydah galley twists and turns
Hey! Hey!
To England she will not return
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Run aground in heavy fog
Hey! Hey!
Reefers gathering at Cape Cod
Hey! Hey! Hey!

Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dah
Hey! Hey!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dah
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dah
Hey! Hey!
Rye-dee-dye-dee-dye-dee-dah
Hey! Hey! Hey!


We struck a bank, then all went fast
The gales had grabbed and snapped our mast
List to port, her cannons rolled
The waves then took us, fierce and cold
With all my strength, I swam ashore
The crew but two were all done for
Come next day, a small detail
Of redcoats brought us straight to jail