Terror on the high seas wrought by Charles Gibbs
Brandishing his sword in pirate fame

For wealth that surfed the currents between the old world and the new

Countless were the victims that he claimed
A modus operandi of debauchery and greed

No prisoners were the words of his command

A cruel and vicious person with a gross incessant need

To claim the life of every single hand



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They would hoist their mighty sails under the black flag

Catch a trade wind to their date with infamy

On a mission to destroy every time that they deployed

They lived a vile evil life of treachery



He sailed the Florida Straits searching for his prey

Stealing all the treasures from their fold

This madman on a mission would abscond with what he claimed

Pavilion key was where he stored his gold.



His ship would pull along side and tie their ropes to fore and aft

They'd swing aboard with lust and greedy hearts

They'd rape and murder woman and torture all the men

Then throw their bloody carcass to the sharks.



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To romanticize a pirate is to make a mockery of life

The Dark ages from our past in maritime

But good traverses evil, so let the record show

Charles Gibbs was hung at the age 29



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Artist notes: Charles Gibbs had sworn a pact with his crew men to

not take any prisoners. Gibbs was pretty true to this creed with

the exception of a 17 year old Dutch girl that he could not bring

himself to execute. He spared her life and built her a pavilion

to stay in. After a week his crew threatened mutiny if she was not

disposed of. Gibbs had his cook poison her. Pavilion Key was named

for the structure built to house this lone prisoner from the elements.