Mick, just as I was about to grab some of Steve's senility pills. I took the precaution of triple-checking *my* copy of Colcord [1938; rpt. N.Y.: Oak, 1964], pp. 175-76 [sic!].

But here's what I see:

". . . The crew's dissatisfaction with the food, and the captain's attempt to convince them that it is "first-class grub," is amusingly set forth in the fifth stanza."

This is followed immediately by the song! Immediately after "The Dom Pedro"comes the paragraph beginning,

"The next song ['The River Lea' ] was composed by a contemporary shantyman, name Sam Peck. . . . "

No mention of Maitland! WTF?!

Star = Perry is in the Preface, p. 7 [sic]:

"Those to whom acknowledgment was made in the foreword to _Roll and Go_ were Captain Edward H. Cole, Captain Frank Seeley, Mr. John Donnelly, U.S.N., Mr. Harry Perry, also known as 'Jimmy Star,' and Mr. J. F. McGinnis."

Could credit to Maitland have been added in a post-1938 printing? Is he mentioned in your copy's acknowledgments?