Hi Steve

As Charley says, Masefield seems to have been familiar with a number of chanties in direct experience, though he indicates that chanties were on their way out or otherwise not in their prime when he was working.

In my paper, I argue that despite what Masefield's familiarity may have been with some chanties, in the case of "Lowlands," he had no experience (or else chose to ignore it).

I'll PM you link to paper on-line.

Gibb