"There are LOTS of great "sea" songs, but not all penned from real experience. "
I put Ewan's up because it was lifted directly from a sailor who spent his entire life at sea,
Ithink that, given the fact that 'real sailors' stopped making songs a long time ago, you are going to get a very limited response beyong those included in Cyril Tawney's 'Blue Funnel Line' collection
If your partner's songs count, then so do those made by some of the singers from Grimsby, some of whom are included in New City Songster
Jim Carroll