THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE. 



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He biddeth fare- 

 well to the seas, 

 and the raging 

 main. 



He exhorteth the 

 young and old to 

 take counsel from 

 his fate. 



Thus being o'ertaken at last, I must die, I must die, 



Thus being o'ertaken at last, I must die, 

 Thus being o'ertaken at last, and into prison cast, 



And sentence being pass'd, I must die. 



Farewell the raging sea, I must die, I must die, 



Farewell the raging main, I must die, 

 Farewell the raging main, to Turkey, France and Spain, 



I ne'er shall see you again, I must die, 



To Newgate now I'm cast, and must die, and must die, 



To Newgate now I'm cast, and must die, 

 To Newgate I am cast, with a Sad and heavy heart, 



To receive my just desert, I must die. 



To Execution Dock I must go, I must go, 



To Execution Dock I must go, 

 To Execution Dock will many thousands nock. 



But I must bear the shock, I must die. 



Come all you young and old, see me die, see me die, 



Come all you young and old, see me die, 

 Come all you young and old, you're welcome to my gold, 



For by it I've lost my soul, and must die. 



Take warning now by me, for I must die, for I must die, 



Take warning now by me, for I must die, 

 Take warning now by me, and shun bad company, 



Lest you come to hell with me, for I must die, 



Lest you come to hell with me, for I must die.« 



Smith, the historian, observes, " that it is certain the pirates were 

 frequently in the Sound, and supplied with provisions by the inhabitants 

 of Long Island, who, for many years afterwards, were so infatuated with 

 a notion, that the pirates buried great quantities of money along the 

 coast, that there is scarce a point of land, or an island, without the marks 

 of their auri sacra fames. Some credulous people have ruined them- 

 selves by their researches, and propagated a thousand idle fables current 

 to this day, among our country farmers." 6 There is a tradition that 

 Kidd buried money beside a rock on Huckleberry Island." 



Almost every boulder and erratic block in this vicinity has been ex- 

 amined by the gold hunters in search of pirates' money. 



On the opposite shore of Long Island is a small promontory which 

 runs into the entrance of Hempstead bay, called to this day, Kidd's 



And d e c 1 areth 

 that he must go to 

 hell, and be pun- 

 ished for his wick- 

 edness. 



a Gallop among American Scenery, by a A. B. Silliman. 



b Smith's Hist. N. Y. English edition, 92. 



c Amusing stories are related of the gold hunters and their mode of conducting operations, 

 which generally resulted in the marvellous revelations of Kidd himself, seated on his treasure, 

 holding a drawn sword. 



