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Thread #9454   Message #1804503
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-Aug-06 - 12:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ben Backstay
Subject: RE: Lyr Req Ben Backstay
Artful Codger- note the 'jun.' following Dibdin in my post. Many have confused the songs and poems of the Dibdin's- Charles, Charles jun., and Thomas.
Moreover, some titles varied in the different editions.

The poem "Ben the Boatswain," later published as "Ben Backstay," was not by Charles Dibdin, 1745-1814, but by Charles jr. In many reprints, the author is labeled 'Dibdin', without indication of which one composed it.