Mary Read lyrics

Hair tied low

With mischief in her smile

Dressed in mans clothes

She told me of her life

England born

Regretfully a girl

For if she’d been a boy

A coffer she’d have earned

And just like me

They dressed her as a ‘Tom’

She ran off to sea

First chance she got

She worked many schooners

She joined the cavalry

She clad from man to woman

Whatever made her free

Whoa

Such a girl I’d never seen

Whoa

Fistful life, pistol keen

Whoa

Such a friend there’d never been

Whoa

Than the likes of Mary Read

And when we met

I felt a sudden union

Sister and a friend

Kindred companion

She taught me a lot

Reminded me to laugh

And she was my love

Right next to Jack

Whoa

Her name was Mary Read

Whoa

Sister pirate queen

Whoa

Such a friend there’d never been

Whoa

Than the likes of Mary Read

Whoa

Her name was Mary Read

Whoa

Sister pirate queen

Whoa

Such a friend there’d never been

Whoa

Than the likes of Mary Read

Whoa

Her name was Mary Read

Whoa

Sister pirate queen

Whoa

Such a friend there’d never been

Whoa

Than the likes of Mary Read