This person in the gaudy
Is worthy Captain Kidd.
They say he never buried gold.
I think, perhaps, he did.
They say it's all a story
His favorite little
Was "Make these lubbers walk the plank!"I think, perhaps, they're wrong.
They say he never
Beneath the Skull-and-Bones.
He merely traveled for his
And spoke in soothing tones.
In fact, you'll read in nearly
The newer history
That he was mild as cottage cheese—But I don't like his looks!
