Name: Captain Blackheart
Duration: P00H08M41S
Description: A fanciful tale of love that transcends death, of haunted ships and fearsome pirates and moonlit treasure. Features guest vocalist Shay Black of the Black Brothers.

Captain Blackheart

from Song of the Sea by Sharon Knight

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A fanciful tale of love that transcends death, of haunted ships and fearsome pirates and moonlit treasure. Features guest vocalist Shay Black of the Black Brothers.

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The blacksmith's daughter loved a sailor
Dark as dusk on a haunted eve
With a devil's smile and a sparkling eye
His black heart won her loyalty

Too long his skills went unrewarded
So he turned rogue on the salty sea
Rich gifts he brought to his beloved
They did delight her mightily

A pirate's love is not for keeping
He soon must heed the song of the sea
"Take me with you" she was pleading
But he would not risk his bonny

He promised her his safe returning
With treasures more than she'd ever seen
The love they made was brimming over
And sealed their bond most fiercely

With three years past her soul was hearty
made strong by what she knew would be
When seven years were past and over
Her weary heart grew gloomy

One night despair washed over his darling
And lulled her into a fitful sleep
Wherein she dreamt of ghostly galleons
And a fearsome captain heading the fleet

"It's glad I am to see me bonny"
Spoke the voice of her love so dear
"The royal army's finally claimed me
They've hunted me for many's the year"

"Though my life is robbed from me
Not for me the fires of Hell
Now I'm the dreaded Captain Blackheart
This ghostly form has served me well

And if you'll meet me at the edge of twilight
At the crossing where the three roads meet
We will sail beyond life's borders
And reign upon the open sea"

And she has met him at the twilight
At the crossing where the three roads meet
And she has boarded the ghostly galleon
And kissed her love most gallantly

And in the deepest black of night
When the veils grow ghostly thin
You can hear the bold marauding
Of Captain Blackheart and his pirate queen

They say that when the siren's singing
When the moon has ringlets three
You can see their ghostly galleon
And gather treasure from the sea

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from Song of the Sea, released January 1, 2005

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Festival favorites Sharon Knight and her longtime collaborator Winter perform a mythic-Celtic style, which they call "Neofolk Romantique; songs for poets, adventurers and lovers of mystery". They tour internationally several months of the year, bringing their fantastical tales of love and magic to festivals, cafes, and homes across the land. ... more

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