Hi Chanteyranger, 3 of us sang this last night at a shriner's convention & as we sang that verse the group at the table we were singing to all looked at this young woman & they all looked back at us & said she's the captain's daughter (she was very graceful in how she let us off the hook). I haven't yet found this verse in a collection yet (but that doesn't mean squat). I'd say that most drunk sailors were not all that perticular about who'd allow themselves to spend an hour with them never mind a night & at no cost to Jack , even slimer, the old man's daughter, not a chance unless your name was Ruben Ranzo. To slight the old man & cast doubt on his daughter's good looks, maybe. I do remember a party where the captain of a schooner's daughter (Boston 1992) danced the night away with a member of the crew of the schooner that they were tied up too, both were in their cups but I'd say they both got lucky. Barry