Capt. Birdseye-

It's a lonely job but one of us gobs has got to do it!

Do consider adapting some of these poems for singing. You certainly did a fine job with C. Fox Smith's "Sailortown." I've done a number of these myself, most recently the "Sea Cook" by Bill Adams, and if you're interested there are MP3 samples of all my efforts on my website: Click here and search for lyrics!

I'd like to think that Cyrill Tawney would have enjoyed this thread.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble