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The Ballad Of
Blackbeard
When Blackbeard met the other ship, he howled and tossed his head,
‘Ha, we’ve scared them off, they knew they’d wind up dead!’
But all of a sudden the navy men ambushed the clueless crew,
They assailed the pirates who in return, bravely fought back too.
And soon enough Blackbeard and Maynard, they came face to face,
‘Hello pirate,’ Maynard jeered, ‘Go on and leave this place.’
And Blackbeard laughed and gave a smile, his own notorious grin,
‘I rather die then surrender, my friend, let this battle begin.’
The men both drew their pistols, two loud shots rang through the air,
Blackbeard missed but Maynard hit, leaving Blackbeard in despair.
The pirate was shot, but continued to wildly swing his cutlass ‘round,
Before he could land a fatal blow he fell suddenly to the ground.
For one of Maynard’s men had crept to Blackbeard from behind,
And slit his throat, he’d killed the pirate, the death was quick
yet unkind.
From the bow of Maynard’s sloop, his head was hung by a string,
That was the death of the great Blackbeard, the fearsome pirate king.
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