Robyn-

I couldn't agree more that Robertson had an exceptional career, with none of the advantages of shipowner songs who were sent to sea as apprentices. What he achieved was entirely the product of merit, and maybe a little good luck.

He fits right in with other old sailor-poets such as Bill Adams, Harry Kemp, Burt Franklin Jenness, J. E. Patterson, and William McFee, all folks who spent long years at sea and later composed some riveting poems. These were folks who knew what they were talking about from direct experience.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble