Stan Rogers, the late Canadian folk sing/songwriter, sang a song about an ill fated privateering voyage during the American revolution called “Barrett’s Privateer’s“. He was often asked where he learned the song. Most assumed that it was a traditional folk song. Many of the references and details are accurate and appropriate to the period. Nevertheless, Rogers wrote the song around 1976. (Dan Conlin posted an interesting discussion separating the truth from the fiction in Barrett’s Privateers.)
I recently learned that “Fiddler’s Green” another “traditional sea song” that I am very fond of may not be quite as old or traditional as I might have thought. The song apparently was written and copyrighted in the 1960s by John Connolly, a songwriter from Lincolnshire, England. There is as I’ve learned, a lot more to it than that. Continue reading
There seems to be a significant number of tall ships for sale these days. Not sure whether that is good or bad news. One especially notable example is the 
, the second in her Wiki Coffin series of mysteries. A brief review:
