I'm working on this song. does anyone know anything interesting about it?

who wrote it, that sort of thing, when it was wrote......

It sounds a bit similar to Bold english Navvy, doesn't it?

I distrust these songs with butch sailors/navvies poncing about. I'm just having fun with it in DADGAD.

I just wish I felt more empathy with these blokes doing knots and pulling on ropes.