I'm very interested to see this stuff. I'd never heard that Ben had tried his hand. I (eventually) graduated from a school he started but other than "founded by" signs everywhere, they seemed to pay very little attention to the guy.

Considering his remarkable abilities in so many fields, it's not surprising he tried versifing at one time. Maybe if he'd tried again when he was a bit older...

Still, for the Happy File purposes, it ain't "folk" by any standard we got. I still wish I had a trad song about Mr. Teach. Or the even more successful Maritime pirate, Peter Easton, who is the namesake of one of our best local folkies.

So many Events for which there ain't folksongs and so many folksongs for which there ain't dates. Sigh....