It was 1723 in the Caribbean sea
In history known as the golden age of piracy
Where many ships were looted some were even sank
And pirates just for kicks made captive sailors walk the plank
And Blackbeard was no more for this legendary outlaw
Had met his death in battle on foreign shore 5 years before

But in little than a year a one eyed buccaneer
Had plundered ships and filled the Caribbean sea with fear
Just the mention of his name would make a hardened sailor scared
Not since the days of Blackbeard had a pirate been so feared
Across one eye he wore a patch where once stabbed with a knife
Known as one eyed Jack he had no value for life

A devil of a man who wore a hook upon his hand
He led a murderous band of buccaneers outlawed in every land
On foreign shores on golden sand there was a price upon each head
The British Royal navy would not rest until these men were dead
One eyed Jack Wild had had a very perturbed life
A disturbed frightened child he’d self harm with a knife

Jack’s psychotic drunken Father would attack him and his Mother
This caused her to miscarry Jack’s unborn baby brother
So when his Mother passed away Jack ran away to sea
On HMS Hunter but he’d hate authority
So he formed a mutiny against the captain of the ship
And the loyalty of the crew was a 50 50 split

In the battle that commenced a loyal sailor with a sword
Was to sever Jack’s hand the blood then poured
The ships Captain Crane was then to stab him in the eye
But this was not enough for one eyed Jack refused to die
Now insane with pain one eyed Jack would take revenge
Captain Crane would now be slain and meet a gruesome end

Sailors loyal to the flag were killed and thrown to sea
The rest joined one eyed Jack and lived a life of piracy
These mutineers turned buccaneers attacked a ship at will
The women on board they’d rape the men on board they’d kill
The blue seas of the Caribbean were often tainted red
And washed up on the golden shores were many a severed head

And now 6 British navy ships were sent to look for Jack
With strict orders from the Admiralty that they shall not come back
Without his severed head or the proof that he was dead
And the ex HMS Hunter sunk to the seabed
So in the Caribbean sea the Hunter was now the hunted
It was sighted by the navy as a violent storm erupted

The blues skies of the Caribbean were filled with clouds of black
The pirates led by one eyed Jack were now under attack
The sound of canons roared as lightning flashed across the sky
Sailors were thrown overboard by waves a mile high
Many were to die as the canon fire raged
The Hunter was surrounded no escape could be made

One eyed Jack stood fearless with a maniacal grin
As the British navy sailors climbed on board to tackle him
Each sailor drew his sword knowing Jack refused to die
Jack would now attack a look of evil in his eye
He wouldn’t come alive they’d have to kill him dead
A very wealthy prize would be Jack’s severed head

In the battle that commenced many sailors met their death
Of all the pirates on the Hunter only Jack was left
Then from the sky a bolt of lightning struck the Hunter’s deck
Fire engulfed the masts of this soon to be shipwreck
With the Hunter sinking fast the sailors now abandoned ship
But Jack stood to the last and now beneath the waves he’d slip

Of the 6 Royal navy ships only 2 came home
The other 4 sank to the sea floor in that violent storm
And the sailors that survived on the 2 ships that came back
All now testified to the death of 1 eyed Jack
And how they watched the Hunter sink beneath the waves of the sea
But now the Admiralty would face another mystery

For in the Caribbean sea when a storm brings clouds of black
They say the Hunter rises from the waves on deck stands one eyed Jack
They say this ghost ship then attacks beneath the lightening of a storm
Frightening is the tale told by the few that made it home
What became of 1 eyed Jack would remain a mystery
But the truth is out there somewhere in the Caribbean sea

© Dean Cooper Elston. Stan De Lone
Wednesday 3rd December 2008 - Sunday 15th March 2009
thebestkeptsecret@hotmail.co.uk
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