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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
Dave Rado | Origin: Sloop John B (142* d) | RE: Origin: Sloop John B | 06 Jun 18 |
PS - Judging from the Bahamian Letting Agent's ad here, the story that I posted about the Sloop John B being named after its Welsh captain, John Bethel, does appear to be commonly accepted as fact in the Bahamas - although confusingly, the ad is about a 19th century house which it says was built by John Bethel - which seems to scupper the idea that Bethel went to the Bahamas in 1647 or that the song could date from that long ago. |