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"The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (or simply, "Captain Kidd") is an English song about Captain William Kidd, who was executed for piracy in London on May 23, 1701.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Ballad of Captain Kidd (traditional) )〕 The song was printed in Britain in 1701, and it traveled to the colonies "almost immediately". Washington Irving's 1824 work ''Tales of a Traveller'' makes mention of the song: :"There 's a fine old song about him, all to the tune of — ::My name is Captain Kidd, ::As I sailed, as I sailed— :And then it tells all about how he gained the Devil's good graces by burying the Bible : :: I had the Bible in my hand, :: As I sailed, as I sailed, :: And I buried it in the sand :: As I sailed. — ==Selected recordings== * Captain Kidd by Eddie Trinkett and Howie Mitchell on Golden Ring: A Gathering of Friends for Making Music CD-16 1996 * Ye Jacobites by Name by Owen Hand on I loved a Lass Transatlantic 1966 re-released with Something New by Pier Records 1999 as PIERCD 502. * Captain Kidd by Waterson: Carthy on Fishes and Fine Yellow Sand. 2004, Topic Records TSCD542 * Captain Kidd by Tempest on The Double Cross 2006, Magna Carta Records. * Sam Hall by May Kennedy McCord 1960, and by Roy "Wrinkle" Winkler, 1969, Max Hunter song collection. * Captain Kidd by Hughie Jones on Maritime Miscellany, FECD258, Fellside Recordings Ltd., PO Box 40, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3GJ UK, www.fellside.com. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Captain Kidd (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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