All Things Come To An End

The Man-O-War

The Man-O-War

Was gaining

The Man-O-War

The Man-O-War

Was gaining

The Man-O-War

The Man-O-War

Was gaining

The Man-O-War

The Man-O-War

Was gaining

We rang the bell

Mary and I

We cried to the men

Who were sleeping inside

All were drunk on stolen rum

And none came to help us

So shoulder to shoulder

And back to back

Two Pirate Queens braced for attack

We called to the men

I called out to Jack

"Get up, or I’ll kill you myself"

Then one and two and three and four

We fought the crew

Of the Man-O-War

We fought with force

We fought alone

Until they overpowered us both

With blades to my neck

I looked to my friend

Still fighting them hard

With the last of her strength

I knew it was over

I knew it was the end

All things come to an end

All things come to an end

All is a choice in the end

We can choose to let be

We can yield to the sea

We can choose to be free

But fight endlessly

All things come to an end

But I chose this end

And so the crew were captured

Thrown in prison

Death by hanging

But Mary and I

Were spared for a time

For our bellies held a child

I asked if I could see him

‘Fore the hanging

My Jack Rackham

But there in the cell

Lay no man, but a shell

And the image cut my heart

I said: Ah, Jack

I don’t understand

If only you’d fought like a man

But you got us caught

And now you’ll die like a dog

Jack met his end

With a noose 'round his neck

His body displayed as a warning effect

Though the pain was intense

Not a tear did I shed

They fell for Mary

They fell for Mary

Sister and friend

Until the end

She died in her cell

Flew away with her child

On pearl wings

Like pelicans

I gave birth to a girl

And she had Jack’s eyes

Then one night my cell was left open

Who and why?

I never could answer

Someone saved my life

I walked to freedom

A new life beginning

A new day was dawning

I said goodbye to the sea

And to a part of me

To Anne Bonny