Wishing Chair - Goody Hallett

They took the last man from the sea
But I swore I would never go
I knew she'd taken my love from me
Taken him down below

The first time I saw his raven hair
It was tied with a small dark bow
Four pistols he wore in his velvet coat
I never saw a man so bold

He said my name is Samuel Bellamy
Prince of all I obtain
Then he leaned and whispered in my ear
Girl tell me your name

We tarried in the Wellfleet shops
And down in Eastham town
Then he asked my father if I could wed
But my father turned him down

Says there's talk you left
A wife and babe
Back in Cheltenham
But Sam he stared him in the eyes
He said, I'll take her and I can

Then Sam and Palgrave Williams heard
Of galleons from Spain
Laden with gold and indigo
Lost in a hurricane

So Sam set his mind on treasure to
Salvage from the sea
He said, I'll go and find the tallest ship
And I'll bring it back for thee

We said goodbye along the cliffs
And we made love fierce and wild
Then he took our plans
He took my soul
And he left me with his child

Yes a boy was born
But soon he died
And they put me in their jail
They called me witch
And they called me whore
But I kept watch for his sails

It was early that April morn
The sky was red and grey
But black that day soon became
That stole my love away

Yes her mast was cracked
Her hull was split
But I could hear the Whydah's bell
And she rang out the last
Sounds of hope
My true loves farewell

Now I walk the cliffs
And curse the sea
And every wind that blows
For the happiness we almost had
Now I will never know