A bounty was placed on the man known as Teach

bounty was placed on the man known as Teach
 The bounty was taken but what tale would this be
 If I did'nee tell ye how all this came to be

 The vanguard company, 
 Battle bloodied allies
 Nobody on the deck
 so carry on forth to the Captain's side
 The end of an era entwined by his fate
 No remorse will be shown
 on this knife edge divide

 Maynard and Hyde were the enlisted commanders
 By Govenor Spotswood of Virginia, Alexander
 They captained the ships, The Ranger and Jane
 But no cannons were fitted much to their disdain

 The Captains arrived in the evening
 On the morrow they would strike
 Advantage was found as Blackbeard he was drowned
 In his liquid spoils of delight

 Opposing forces, they played an unfair game
 No honour, pride or sacrifice
 With nothing left to gain
 I unsheath my sword as my pistol takes aim

Sail away, flee they mocked them
 Sail away, flee or prepare to die
 Sail away, flee they mocked them
 We'll take no prisoners

 As no prisoners have ever survived

And he was caught unawares
 Blackbeard drinking his victories 
 Then twenty cuts bloody
 Blackbeard's last stand

 With the ranger in pieces and Captain Hyde dead
 Blackbeard he did cross onto Jane's bloody deck
 The trap had ensnared and now would unfold
 As fifty highlanders did burst from the hold

Out numbered in battle Blackbeard he did duel
 As he clashed on the bridge their swords were imbued
 With the colour of crimson but still he fought on
 Till his last breath of life it was gone, he was gone

 And he was caught unawares
 Blackbeard drinking his victories 
 Then twenty cuts bloody
 He fell to his knees