"story Of Benjamin Darling Lyrics - Singles - State Radio

On a brig loaded with timber headed 

For the North Maine coast, they took on some rough seas 

The captain and his slave fought back the heavy waves 

But they were threatenin' to break her up so badly 

See two days before they left the outer banks 

And made good time up to Boston 

The North of Essex the sky grew dark 

He missed his mark he was makin' and life can change so fast 

The captain had seen many a day 

When the winds blew and the waters raged 

But it was just a part of the life he made for himself 

Runnin' the coast of New England 

The ship heaved and cracked threw the men 

On their backs as the water came rushin' in 

But the captain fought hard yet, he yelled against 

The splinterin' wreck, I have done you wrong son 

And I should be forsaken for what I have done 

Oh but Ben reached a timber to stay afloat 

He grabbed the captain's braided coat 

He swam him to the nearest shore 

Dragged him up 'til he couldn't pull no more 

And he left him breathin', left him breathin' dry 

The captain said in all my days, I never seen anybody save 

The very person who kept him enslaved 

Goddamn it Ben, you should have your freedom 

For what you have done 

I should be forsaken for what I have done 

Somewhere off the Maine coast 

At the mouth of the New Meadows River there's a island 

Where a marooned man lived out his life quietly under tide and sky 

Never forgettin' when the sea rose up so high 

The captain said in all my days, I never seen anybody save 

The very person who kept him enslaved 

Goddamn it Ben, you should have your freedom 

For what you have done