In case people are unaware, Sailortown was the first (CFS) sea poem set to music. I wrote a tune for it in 1987, before anyone else in the folk revival had set her poems to music.

Bob Roberts recorded the Robin Adair (Race of Long Ago) around this time but assumed it was traditional.

I first performed Sailortown at Shrewsbury festival in 1987, Jim MAGEAAN was present at the festival, heard me perform it, and history was made. Shortly after JOHNNY COLLINS recorded Sailortown, and as a result many people started putting the poetry of C. Fox Smith to music.

Dick Miles.