ossory
Stede Bonnet was the wealthy Barbadian planter who bought his own pirate ship, paid his crew wages, and kept a ledger and a library aboard while Blackbeard shoved him aside on his own deck. He took the pardon, relapsed as "Captain Thomas," and hanged at Charleston -- the one thing he did like a real pirate.
The Gentleman Pirate
Style
A sea shanty fused with warm soft rock, trading a rowdy gang-vocal crew section -- capstan stomp, accordion, concertina, fiddle and tin whistle -- for a tender solo male lead over fingerpicked acoustic guitar and electric piano at a mid-tempo ~108 BPM.