The Ballad of Edward Kenway

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This poem was inspired by a video game (Assasins Creed Black Flag) and a TV series (Black Sails) The events are loosely based on the TV story line though much of it is my own invention

Edward Kenway was a pirate
He sailed the Spanish Main
He plundered British merchant ships
And the Galleons of Spain

Once he was a farmer
He walked behind the plough
But now he ploughed the oceans deep
He was a pirate now

He started as a deckhand
Till his bravery won through
Then he became a captain bold
And ruled a pirate crew

He sailed into Nassau
And he took that town 
It was then the British Government
Ruled they must take him down

One bright sunny morning
The fleet sailed into the bay
They were British Men of War
They were going to make him pay

But captain Kenway had a plan
He knew what they must do
He slowly drained his pint of ale
The stood to face his crew

Come on lads we'll to the fort
Make them taste the cannon ball
If we surrender now me boys
They'll surely hang us all

Kenway occupied the fort
Behind its strong stone walls
He knew he had the greatest chance
To make the British fall 

He had a dozen cannons
Set toward the sea
He swore an oath upon his sword
That he'd keep Nassau free

The oath that he made to them
Did his men inspire
They all swore to do the same
As the British opened fire

They felt the ramparts shudder
As the heavy metal balls
Flew through the air and thudded
Into the fortress walls

But Kenway stood before his men
And this speech he made
Fire your cannons at them boys
Lets make them afraid

We will make them shake with fear
They'll turn and run and then
They will always rue the day
They messed with Kenway's men

The pirates fired the cannons
Two British ships went down
But one hundred troops stormed the beach
They were trying to take the town

But Kenway had prepared right well
He had men upon that shore
Hidden under canvas sails
Ready for the war

The troops were taken by surprise
The pirates did attack
The were outnumbered three to one
But they sent them running back

Kenway's  cannons fired again
And four more ships did sink 
All the pirates roared huzzah
As they sank into the drink

Fourteen British men of war
Limped out of the bay
Their sails were torn their hulls were holed
As they sailed away

Through the years many tales were told
The legend slowly grew
Of how the British Navy
Were crushed by Kenway's  crew

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