Anyone care to have a stab at the origin of this? It's not the Battle of Stonington..

From Mrs. Seth Thornton, Southwest Harbor, ME 1928 from an orderly book belonging to John Boyd, Fort Cumberland Nova Scotia in 1759.

A Galant Ship from England came
Lancht of the Stocks Bound to the main
Hit Kell was oak hir sids was bocks
This Galant Ship Lancht of the stocks

Lancht of the Stocks bound to the Main
full fifty Guns on hir deck Lay upon
Besids five hundred Valant men
Ware picket and chosen every one

We Waid our ankers to the bow
and throw the otion we did Plow
five sail of french Men we did chance
As we were Plowing through the Deep

it being late when we did meet
Night Coming on and oure Lives was sweet
We put it by till Brack of Day
And then we began our bludy fray

etc