Hush Now My Child lyrics

[Verse 1]
Thirty-four years ago, as a fatherless son
In the ashes of Charles Town I was born
My dad gave his life, for his baby and wife
He was shot by Juan de Alarcón
As the Spaniards returned at the end of the year, there I my first memory acquired
From me big sister's arms, saw the the blazing barn
When my mom did perish in the fire

[Chorus]
So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside
For the greater good, we must sacrifice
For our free colony, for the trade overseas
For Bourbon, for Spain or for England

[Verse 2]
As our town was rebuilt the following year, we witnessed the Englishmen return
And me sister was hanged for bedding the man, that had from the Spanish fleet adjourned
Then Nassau was sacked, when the Bourbon attacked
And into the woods we did escape
There I met a man who told me his plan
How our own fate he thought that we could shape

[Chorus]
So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside
For the greater good, we must sacrifice
For our free colony, for the trade overseas
For Bourbon, for Spain or for England
[Verse 3]
So I joined a crew called the Flying Gang and we fought for our own sovereignty
With my pistol in hand for the sake of the land
I spread terror and death across the seas
In a mighty blockade, we crippled the trade, had the freedom from Europe in our view
It’d been long overdue to start something new, from the ashes of tyranny we grew

[Chorus]
So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside
For the greater good, we must sacrifice
For our free colony, for the trade overseas
For Bourbon, for Spain or for England

[Verse 4]
But every night, in me bunk or me bed, a young boy stares into my mind
Who's parents I slew, as I righteously drew
My cutlass and stabbed them from behind
Like so often before, in these times of war, regardless to what end or to what gain
Our children still bleed and no matter the cause our blades and pistols hurt the same

[Chorus]
So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside
For the greater good, we must sacrifice
For our free colony, for the trade overseas
For Bourbon, for Spain or for England
So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside
For the greater good, we must sacrifice
For our free colony, for the trade overseas
For Bourbon, for Spain or for England
So hush now my child, put your sorrows aside
For the greater good, we must sacrifice
For our free colony, for the trade overseas
For Bourbon, for Spain or for England