Captain Kidd by Ella Mae Morse (remastered)

'Captain Kidd' is about William Kidd (byname Captain Kidd), a 17th century English privateer and legendary pirate. This version of the traditional ballad features the vocals of American singer Ella Mae Morse (1924–1999), "whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll" (Wikipedia.org). It is a Marine Café Blog remaster of the 1945 78rpm recording from the Internet Archive. (6.3 MiB, MP3, 2:50 minutes)

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