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Posted By: GUEST,dave askins
15-Aug-13 - 11:39 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Cruel Ship's Captain (Broadside?)
Subject: RE: Origins: The Cruel Ship's Captain (Broadside?)

The weapon used to kill the apprentice is given variously as "iron bar", "iron gasket", and "tarry rope". The version I heard sung by Harry Boardman in Manchester UK around 1960 said "tarry gasket". What was a tarry gasket ?