Melodeon-player,folkie,sailor and noted author Captain Bob Roberts, offers the following in his excellent work,"A Slice Of Suffolk" ;-

Pin Mill,when it was inhabited mainly by bargemen and fishermen,and yachtsmen were a rarity,used to have one old favourite called the "Princess Royal". This is a song about a ship which once served as a packet-boat between Harwich and Flushing.She is shown in an old panoramic print of Harwich Harbour,or Orwell Haven as it was called then.When her packet-boat days were ended,this fast little vessel went away on a voyage to Newfoundland and the song tells of how a pirate tried to stop her but found that he could not catch up with her.
               "They chased us to windward
                All night and all day
                They chased us to leeward
                But made no headway ;
                They fired shots after us
                But none could prevail
                And the bold Princess Royal
                Soon showed 'em her tail . "

       ..........the old Pin Mill version ,which was sung to a tune almost,but not quite, the same as another local favourite " The Yellow Handkerchief ".