Snuffy-

That was a nice catch, "The Old Ships," and I haven't found another reference to Sou' Spain in the 200 or so of her poems Shantyfreak and myself have posted on her page at the Oldpoetry website: click here for website

You'll also find a slightly longer version of "Old Ship" published in SHIPS AND FOLKS.

Stan Hugil does use the term "Sou' Spainer", as I've found in his book SAILORTOWN, to refer to "deep-water men." He also mentions a nautical magazine called SOUTH SPAINER that was still being published in the early 1960'S.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble