His name was Teach when he came to Carolina Like a man possessed, he scoured the sea, and the Devil called him son Blackbeard! Teach, the demon of the Sea Run, you sailors, run With a beard of flame and a heart of ice Blackbeard, the Devil's son! He shot his first mate in the hold one day He said: I don't give a damn! If I don't kill someone now and then You'll forget who I am! He married a girl of fifteen years named Liza From across the town they could hear her scream As he took her maidenhead Blackbeard! Teach, the demon of the Sea Run, you sailors, run With a beard of flame and a heart of ice Blackbeard, the Devil's son! Governor Spotswood cried: I'll rid the world of Blackbeard One hundred pounds will buy his head And Hell can have his soul! Blackbeard! From Portsmouth town there sailed a man named Maynard He did not come to save their lives He came for bounty money Blackbeard! Teach, the demon of the Sea Run, you sailors, run With a beard of flame and a heart of ice Blackbeard, the Devil's son! Teach met his fate on the shores of Carolina A challenge rang across the waves You'll dance with death today! Sabers bit and bullets flew As the ships drew side by side Blackbeard screamed like a cannon's roar It's a damn good day to die! Blackbeard! Teach, the demon of the Sea Run, you sailors, run With a beard of flame and a heart of ice Blackbeard, the Devil's son! An ax, a sword, a bullet's burn Blackbeard stood them all He spat at his killers through broken teeth You'll never take me alive! Now Teach is gone and the seas are safe today But down in Hell the Deveil's laughing 'Cuz Blackbeard's home to stay! Blackbeard! Teach, the demon of the Sea Run, you sailors, run With a beard of flame and a heart of ice Blackbeard, the Devil's son!