Really nice job on the song HipflaskAndy & nicely resaerched, I'd love to hear the music. Can you tell me what you're refering to as the "orlop deck" in the line "the sleeping shelves of the orlop deck"
& what are the sleeping shelves? I'm thinking that the sleeping shelves might be a sort of bunc the can be folded up along the ship's side (instead of slung hammocks) in stacks of maybe three high & when used droped down & suspended for a chain hund from above which might mean the deck was a covered deck even if temporary? Anyway thanks for the input here, very interesting.

Abby, forget the roller skates. If you're not there this year, next year I'm going down there to drag you up. Love to see you again.

Thanks
Barry